Tradition of Songs About School
While its summer and most of us are not in school every day, a good time to follow a history… more »
Questions Instead of Debate
New Tactic New tactic when in a frustrating conversation with a person with a viewpoint very different from my own…. more »
Student brilliance
“When I let go of my blinders that kept my view on only what they hadn’t yet achieved, I… more »
Lean on Us
A neighbor interviewed in an LA Times article around 1993 about an elderly woman who shot a man who was… more »
In order to understand
“It will take a special kind of listening, listening that requires not only open eyes and ears, but open hearts… more »
Watch Who We Are
I watched and as a teacher I would have given him some advice to get through to the kids. I… more »
If they knew….
When I brought my frustration about what to me was a frustrating colleague to my friend, Joy Hood, she said to… more »
Get a horse to drink
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink,” is actually not accurate. In the wild,… more »
In the face of hatred and suffering
I tell myself: Turn toward providing solace, ongoing dialogue, action for the well being of all. The only chance I… more »
Happiness as an Outcome
What if we entered our schools and classrooms with this goal for our children in our minds and hearts? “Create… more »
Human Need
“We have to counter the mentality of such mantras as ‘competition for this century’ and ‘closing the achievement gap.’ We… more »
Qualified to evaluate
“Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate;… more »