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…
November 25, 2020
There was an announcement at the end of school on Tuesday reflecting on the cancellation of Powder Puff football. It was the first time I had heard anything about this year’s game; adapting to virtual and hybrid instruction has dominated 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…
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…
May 4, 2020
Today marks an amazing milestone in our nation’s history. For the first time ever the oral proceedings of the US Supreme Court will be streamed LIVE. This will be an unprecedented opportunity for a majority of the populace to hear Read more…
March 28, 2020
Online education is nothing new. Cyber high schools and post-secondary institutions deliver instruction online all the time. Personally, I completed part of my MEd and all of my K-12 Administation Certification online. For a majority of elementary and secondary teachers, Read more…
March 22, 2020
This post originally appeared in September 2019 Social media is blowing up with first-day-of-school pictures and stories. Parents post their children smiling, from pre-school to high school, in new clothes or school uniforms, and trying to recreate poses from the Read more…
