Monthly Archives: October 2014

Now that the school year is really under way, morning for most students means pulling on backpacks and climbing onto school buses. Where I work as a school principal, students are eager to learn, teachers are ready to teach, and … Continue reading →

In grad school they talked about the importance of the library serving as the “hub at the center of the school.”  Funny thing about cliches… they contain the grains of truth.  The truth inherent in this imagery is what drove … Continue reading →

I taught high school English for 11 years.  I really like English.  I get downright giddy about grammar and punctuation.  But as a teacher – in the face of growing inequity, civil unrest, widespread war, climate change – I sometimes … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, I was working at the local Farmers’ Market and I ran in to the parents of an old student. We smiled and hugged and I immediately asked after Lilly. Her mother, a slight and more animated … Continue reading →

“…we stand on the shoulders of those who have done research before us. And our shoulders will bear the next researchers who come after us.” Continue reading →