After my last column, I was gently and good-naturedly chastised by a ‘faithful reader’. The input was interesting. Essentially, I was chided for my two[…]
Retired executive Jack Welch once said “Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don’t have to work hard.” (One assumes[…]
For years, leading up to our respective retirements, I co-directed several state-wide professional development projects with a math education colleague from University of Central Missouri[…]
As a matter of perspective, I used to joke that ‘everyone considers themselves an expert on public education because each person was once a student.[…]
My own personal insights about education and teaching have often arrived in interesting contexts. Earlier this summer I shared the case of the insight I[…]
I suppose this is natural for me, but I was intrigued by the idea of an “education gap” that the pundits claimed had emerged in[…]
Recently I ran into a quote on a t-shirt that makes a perfect segue for our earlier thoughts about thinking and right answers, and our[…]
I had today’s column already written – almost ready to submit. Then I picked the morning paper out of the driveway this past Wednesday. (Yes,[…]
The comment was so ordinary that I’m surprised it stuck with me. This was years ago. I had just finished a two-hour workshop on problem-solving[…]
Years ago, I gave the keynote address at a statewide conference for math and science teachers. I called it “The Miss Perception Pageant” and spoke[…]