Teaching

I have a long list of students who think I am a pretty good teacher. However, the list of teachers who thought I was a good student would be much, much sho

I teach and I write. These are my passions.   So you can imagine my bewilderment when I experienced paralyzing writer’s block, all while penning a piece fo

The months after spring break are usually the time when teachers in every school across America look forward to crystallizing an entire year’s worth of hum

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott shuttered schools for the rest of the academic year, the first person I thought of was one of my first-grade students, Mari

My grandmother once said to me, Cuando ya no estoy, quiero que sigas siendo fuerte. Firme. Firme como la palma. Puede soplar el viento y batirte pero no te

Just by way of introduction, let me begin this post the way I have begun most conversations in the past month: I am both exhausted and privileged to be so.

I took a course earlier this year called “Innovation in Education” and the first thing we all acknowledged was that education is the one industry where cha

When Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that schools and non-emergency childcare programs in the state would remain closed through May 4, I hel

Dr. Mehmet Oz says we need our mojo back! This week he appeared on “The Sean Hannity Show” to pontificate a possible plan for the re-opening of America aft