Education in America is falling behind and we are witnessing it’s decline, but the fall of education also means the fall of our country. We cannot survive if it doesn’t. So how do we keep it from dying, and instead allow our kids to fly free?
Category: Education
The Bookshelf In My Room: A Poem on School Shootings, By a Teacher
Those books on that shelf in my class,
Those long forgotten anthologies,
Can stop a bullet. Or a whole clip.
The Unbearable Weight of Intentional Failure – Letting My Students and Myself Fail On Purpose
“I didn’t get into this job to encourage students to fail, and that’s not exactly what I did for my student, but I reminded her that sometimes you have to take care of other things that matter, like yourself, and in order to do so, you may have to let some ideas and plans die.”
An Open Letter to all Parents, School Board Members, and Administrators Regarding CRT.
A defense of Critical Race Theory, especially after the Pandemic.
2021, Chapter Four: Jack of all Trades, Trying to Master One – Teaching
It’s a strange job, being a teacher. It turns out, teaching is perhaps the easiest and least taxing part of… Read more 2021, Chapter Four: Jack of all Trades, Trying to Master One – Teaching
Stupid Optimism 