Posts in Education

Why He Teaches – Part 2

We are not always familiar with the agonies, the joys, and the wonders that occur daily in school classrooms, and how they affect – and[…]

Why He Teaches

Allow me to introduce Stephen Singer, or rather his writing.  Regrettably, I do not know Stephen personally –  one of his teaching blogs was circulated[…]

Presenting, Teaching, and Learning

I was in my car briefly, so I only caught part of the middle of the interview.  Despite that (or maybe because of it), the[…]

An Unintended, but Enlightening, Trap

I honestly hadn’t meant for them to trap themselves. It just happened that way. I was in front of a class of future elementary teachers[…]

Three Strikes . . . Against Them

I was associated with higher education and with teachers for over 35 years of my career.   By and large, I loved every minute of it. […]

Math Can Help!

Let’s take a break this week.  Let’s go a little lighter, have some fun, and perhaps save or even make you some money in the[…]

Education and the Decency Paradox

It feels like such a paradox to me.  I continue to be fascinated by the duality.  And lost for an explanation. On the one hand,[…]

Students, Education, School Shooting, . . . and Guns

We’ve seen and heard the latest agonizing stories of another school shooting.  And we all ache and share various emotions from extreme sadness to extreme[…]

Schools, Parents, and Questions about Banning Books

Lately, I’ve been rethinking about the topic of parents and schools.   This is partly due to some continued and un-finished thoughts from our previous discussion[…]

Stoplights & Education: Where Does the Classroom End?

I may have been just out of my teens when this happened, but not by much. The memory of the incident itself is blurry, but[…]

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