November 10, 2024
As I sifted through the onslaught of post-election stories, one headline jumped out: Nevada votes thrown into chaos because young voters can’t sign their names Apparently, some 13,000 mail-in ballots were rejected because signatures, as required by state law, did Read more…
September 8, 2024
Another school year barely begins and we’re already grieving another school shooting. The recent tragedy in Georgia contributes to two startling comparisons. First, according to the Washington Post’s School Shooting Database, there have been 417 school shootings in the past Read more…
February 7, 2021
It’s Super Bowl Sunday. Or what I like to call… Just another Sunday. I’m not a sports fan. Yes, I used to play. I had good high school careers in football and baseball, I squandered my time in college baseball, Read more…
October 5, 2020
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”~ Albert Einstein I’ve seen this meme, or ones similar to it, many Read more…
August 22, 2020
Methods of education are changing. Facilitated by constrictions created by a novel coronavirus, many are adapting to a new model of how we teach and how we learn. In This new digital era, the burden on students to learn has Read more…
August 20, 2020
If you know me, you know I’m not a sports fan. Many find that surprising considering how many sports I played, and for how many years I was competitive. This year, I have not seen one pitch of baseball, one Read more…
August 14, 2020
There’s a poster in my classroom that lists “10 Things They Don’t Teach You in School,” and throughout the school year I, ironically, reference that list in response to students’ complaints. “Rule #1,” by far, is the go-to rule. Students Read more…
July 30, 2020
Back in April I wrote a column about planning for the 2020-2021 school year. The 2019-2020 year had just come to an abrupt halt, and there was an enormous amount of wasted time and energy spent trying to get kids Read more…
July 18, 2020
I’m exhausted. Not from lifting weights on my porch in 103-degree temperatures. That’s actually allowed me to maintain most of my strength while keeping my quarantine weight gain from forcing the earth to shift its axis. I’m exhausted by social Read more…
July 14, 2020
Back on April 17, 2020, shortly after being sent home to finish the school year on line, I wrote a column – “School’s Out! Let’s Move On!”. In it I discussed the need to accept the 2019-2020 school year was Read more…
