Opportunity and Purpose
How do we find the possibilities in our students when they haven’t had opportunities to develop their potential or vision… more »
RIP American Revolutionary
“I feel sorry for people who don’t live in Detroit.” Grace Lee Boggs. The Detroit Free Press article about her passing today at… more »
Believe in your purpose
Purpose By Robert Herrick (1016) No wrath of men, or rage of seas, Can shake a just man’s purposes; No… more »
What do we teach our children about safety?
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s wall is ablaze. Horace No matter how many locked doors, lockdown… more »
Who you are
Don’t let the moments you have to comply or stay silent make you forget what you believe, the gifts you… more »
What works
From a distance, education can be conceived of as a series of simplified measurable goals achieved through one kind of… more »
Success Analysis
Imagine teachers walking into a faculty meeting or professional development workshop and instead of being told all they need to… more »
Powerful Teacher
Almost every student teacher and new teacher name their first concern as ‘classroom management.’ In the last few years, another… more »
Calls to action
The question I ponder as I witness what we can still do that is good for kids in the face of… more »
Pick a quote
While there have been possible signs of hope the last few days, there are as many or more signs of… more »
Connect the Disconnected
How my time at a “failing” high school blew me away Journalist Kristina Rizga spent 4 years at SF’s Mission… more »
One Wisdom?
My youngest son’s progressive experiential public elementary school was divided into two parts: a bilingual program for native and non-native… more »
Placeholder, Pace, Purpose, Possibilities
4 P’s. Too overwhelmed to organize words and yet there is no way to stop thinking. Direction, action, words… …..find… more »
Teacher as Poet
I am struck by how important storytelling is among tribal peoples; it forms the basis of their educational systems. The… more »