Books
Kate Millett, Eng Lit and the The Farm in Poughkeepsie
There are pockets of Poughkeepsie that still have a rural look and feel. Cows graze and the corn is ripe…
Saplings
I'm not giving anything away by quoting the deep irony of the last lines of Saplings: Turns you over, don’t…
Choosing books by the cover
I once worked in a school where the librarian arranged the non-fiction by the color of the spine. It made…
Social Media and the Two-Minute Hate
Near the beginning of George Orwell's 1984 our hero Winston Smith attends a rally at the Ministry of Truth where…
Goodbye to all that
The first day of my new life as an idle good-for-nothing superannuated coffin-dodger (my brother's description of retirees) coincides with…
Bryan Stevenson at NAIS: Beat the Drum for Justice
Human apathy is the greatest calamity of all. I have heard many extraordinary presentations and speeches at NAIS Annual Conferences…
“Let’s Make It”: Education Comes Full Circle
Unless the mass of workers are to be blind cogs and pinions in the apparatus they employ, they must have…
To Kill a Mockingbird on Trial
I haven't read Go Set a Watchman and I'm not sure I will. I did read the first chapter in…
Loving Learning: Thank You Tom Little
Tom Little’s lifelong passion for progressive education emerged directly from his experience with its antithesis. I was six years old,…
Staying Curious: Susan Engel’s “The Hungry Mind”
The Hungry Mind The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood That's the title of Susan Engel's new book and it's about…