June 29th:Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom;
Racial battle fatigue; If I disagree w/ my liberal tribe?
Sullivan on the Limits Of Liberalism;
Focusing on the Wrong Things;
We Need Effective Public Education
Student Feedback Throughout the Year;
Thinking About Careers in 9th Grade;
“When You Wonder, You’re Learning”
“Happiness is our natural state of being“;
June 22nd:
Politicians Should Stay Away From Setting LGBTQ Policy;
JEDI’s for Democracy; The ‘Paid What You’re Worth’ Myth;
Enchanted Capitalism; Corporate political responsibility?
US students grade their schools; Generation Meh:
Strategies to Make School Safer; How School Culture Must Change;
AI and the humanities; Students Got $10K to Upgrade Their HS;
Going Beyond the Classroom;
Using PBL in Social Studies; Aligning PBL to Real-World Problems;
Dear Students, Here’s Why I Quit: Teachers Aren’t Burnt Out; Improving school culture thru teacher voice;
How Pa. Funds Education;
Brooks on College Admissions; McWhorter on Racial Preferences;
June 22, 2020 New Yorker; Brooklyn Nine-Nine;
10 Commands from Jesus; A Letter to Neale;
June 15th: Celeste interviews me:
June 8th: Complexity is Good, Actually;
“Democracy Was Not Designed to Be Democratic”
The undeserving rich; Life Lessons From Policing;
A Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself;
It Only Counts When It Hurts;
Our Flawed Medical System; We take too many pills;
Roots of America’s Gun Violence;
I Became Black in America; MLK, Christian Radical;
Senioritis is a policy choice; Reforming science teaching;
The Future of Science Ed;
Data Science Is the Future. Statistical literacy is essential;
We’re Letting Teen Girls Down;
June 1st: The Forces that Bind Trump Supporters;
Turkey’s Election Is a Warning; The US Army Pamphlet on Fascism;
The Future of Civics Education; Can we Turn Around Civics Ed?
‘Dispositions of Democracy‘ Politics is Designed to Alienate;
Ask Students What they Need;
Youth left out of school safety debate; Follow Students’ Lead;
Common Ground on DEI! Great Minds Don’t Think Alike;
Change ‘the Grammar of School’ The Problem: Binary Thinking;
Calls for a ‘Return to Rigor’ Are Wrong;
What Teachers Get Wrong About Creativity;
Using Music to Support Cognition;
An Update on The Shift; We Will Prevail;
There Are 2 Choices In Life;
May 24th: It’s Time for a Great Rethink;
Restoring Wisdom to America’s Schools; –
Sound Educational Practice for a Better World;
Rethinking Grading & Assessment;
When We Push Our Kids to ‘Achieve’
AP U.S. History is outdated;
Mental Health in Schools Beyond the Emergency;
What Makes Children Resilient? The science of social media;
The Only Career Advice You’ll Ever Need;
Socratic Seminars and SEL; Fighting against authoritarianism;
Rethinking Role of the School Board;
Spending Eternity In Heaven?
May 18th:
My monthly education conversation with Dr. Carline Crevecoeur
The school board primary election;
The nation’s First AI high school;
May 11th: Denver School safety survey
How to Fix Classroom Misbehavior; About “Classroom Management”;
Students Lack Strong Connections to Teachers;
Writing Effective Emails; Teachers Need Self-Efficacy;
What Living in Arkansas Taught Me About Modern Racism;
2 uncomfortable truths about school discipline;
The Science of Social Media;
Reform challenges in education; We can reform education;
AI ‘Literacy’; Classroom Discussion Just Got More Important;
What Our Toxic Culture Does to the Young;
We have met the enemy and he is us.
May 4th: God Save the King;
The Problem with Woke;
The Archangels On Personal Rights;
A Christians’ Thoughts on Christian Nationalism;
Teach Students to Obey, or to Improve Society?
Addressing the Growing Discipline Problem;
Easing Teacher Stress;
Career Education Is for All Kids:
Connecting w/ communities -> pathways for success;
Messing With High School;
Let Students Co-Lead High School;
Art makes kids better problem solvers;
Society Is Failing Visual Thinkers;
Helping Students Hone Critical Thinking;
Promoting the Intrinsic Desire to Learn;
The Struggle for America’s Soul;
Can a Human Live Without a Soul?
April 27th: ‘Front-Yard Politics’; Glenn Loury;
Social-Emotional Learning: The Idea & Execution;
What Skills Should Students Learn in an AI World?
Higher Ed & Safeguarding Freedom;
Discussing News in the Classroom;
Teaching Students to Talk Across Political Difference;
Standardized Testing in PA;
Parents Say Math Needs an Update; Is math curriculum outdated?
Rethinking Grading & Assessment;
Jodie Helm
April 20: My monthly conversation with Dr. Carline Crevecoeur
The upcoming school board primaries;
Community input; Critical literay
April 13: The Racial Divide on Gun Violence;
Warren Burger on the 2nd Amendment;
To Work Together, Learn Together;
School board disruptions;
Civil debate about education?
Parental Support or Meddling?
Where Did Teacher-Evaluation Policies Go Wrong?
Why isn’t HS Curriculum Changing?
Rethinking Grading: Why Change?
The Future of the high school essay;
Should children be taught cursive?
Winning at Any Cost: Retraining Coaches;
Paint a Picture Through Coding;
Closing the Critical Thinking Gap
April 6th: What Does ‘Woke’ Mean Anyway?
Hanks on the Compromise of 1877;
Teaching About Race – and Music Instruction;
It’s Not OK to be “White”
New Ways of Teaching About MLK;
Brandon Terry Interview;
How the Black Church Fueled a Movement;
Dear White Teachers: Why Black Teachers Stay;
Could Africana Studies Save Education?
Could Science Benefit from More Diversity?
Teaching the Legacies of the Founding Fathers;
The Archangels on Solving Poverty