Mis-takes
In a system that reduces our goals for students to numbers and makes decisions without regard to impact on human… more »
Humble: trying to make sense of it
” We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We… more »
What is lost
I look at many of our students and I see threads of their people’s past still living in them, through… more »
Significant though small
One way to think of the opportunity we have in our classrooms and school buildings through experiential education—beyond information,content, skills… more »
When if not now?
Chicago School Board Warns Principal LaRiviere When do you decide you won’t go along anymore? Where is your line in… more »
Fall in love
When student teachers are nervous about their first time ‘in front of the whole class,’ I tell them, “Charles… more »
Love (again)
Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and… more »
Chinese Proverbs for our times
Sometimes I wonder if we have discovered any new wisdom or really only rediscovered for ourselves. And so, we are… more »
Human Struggle & Stamina
I have been hitting the same walls of how people with power are thinking, over and over. It is time… more »
Simple Goal: Joyous
Doesn’t this picture illustrate what we want for our children–happiness? When I first taught at The Prospect School in Vermont, I… more »
A Lesson in Fighting
Damien Nichols wrongfully accused of murder, on death row for eighteen years, makes a choice based on his desire to… more »