Someone needs to tell Governor Kasich: Standardized testing is nuts. YOU KNOW, you only know what you really know. I think someon...

       IF YOU LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS TALK (people who almost never actually teach) about how to “fix” America’s “failing” schools, you not...

WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED our good Governor Kasich sends his children to a Christian school? Why am I not surprised he doesn’t know what it’...

I thought updating this post might still make a bit of sense and interest teachers. At my old school we organized a visit of veterans every...

1, 2, 3, numbers don’t lie, 6, 9, 8, 2 x 7 = 11. I’M A RETIRED TEACHER. If you’ve read many of my entries you know my purpose is to offer ...

Corrected 4-7-15 ONE OF MY FAVORITE FORMER STUDENTS asked me recently what I thought of the documentary, Waiting for Superman . It was som...

I JUST READ THIS MORNING in the New York Times that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is spending millions to push for “common core aca...