Ten Back-to-School Promises to This Year’s Students

Ten Back-to-School Promises to This Year’s Students

Are you ready for back-to-school season? All summer I’ve been anxious to know what I’ll be teaching this year, but that curiosity has finally gone away. What I teach doesn’t matter–it’s what students do with it that does. Here’s what I...
Never Waste a Good Sick Day Being Sick

Never Waste a Good Sick Day Being Sick

Fall is here. It’s beautiful in New England–the trees are starting to look like they grew out of a Norman Rockwell painting.  We used to watch this guy on Public Television back in the days when there were only three channels.  He’d paint...
Why I Need to Be in Oprah’s Book Club

Why I Need to Be in Oprah’s Book Club

My book, Don’t Sniff the Glue: A Teacher’s Misadventures in Education Reform is live on Amazon.  I priced the Kindle so even a teacher without classroom supplies could afford to read it for less than a cup of (brand named) coffee.  The paperback’s...