Finding Balance Together
I wrote this while enjoying my two-week winter vacation. Completing lists of neglected chores and...
I wrote this while enjoying my two-week winter vacation. Completing lists of neglected chores and...
For many people, the end of the holidays and the beginning of a new year is a time for reflection,...
A week ago, on a trip to visit colleges with our son, we stayed at a school converted into a hotel....
Have you ever watched comedies like Meet the Fockers or Medea's Family Reunion, when two families...
For the past several years, I've used Teacher Appreciation Week to pay tribute to this wonderful...
I recently visited a set of schools in Chicago that are part of the Academy of Urban School...
Teaching is an intellectual, cognitively challenging job. It's an emotional one, too. The myriad...
Now that we're getting back into the groove of the classroom, it can be a good opportunity to try...
I'm good at projects, at taking on the next new challenge. I'm energized when I start something...
A few weeks ago, I realized I had been slogging through too many days in a row. Maybe it was the...
Here's a confession: Sometimes when I'm at a lovely restaurant, having a lovely meal, with lovely...
As the year winds down, I'm continuing a Teaching Channel tradition and taking a moment to reflect...
"There are things known and unknown and in between are the doors."-- Jim Morrison
When I begin professional development work with teachers, I often ask what inspires or enables them...
"I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and...
I find myself enduring the after-work traffic with the same internal conversation I have had for 29...
About the time I was posting final grades last spring, and going through the stored papers and...
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