fiction

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…

9 years ago

Explorers and Navigators

Science teacher Jonathan Heiles sent a link to all of us about the international public campaign to name the surface…

10 years ago

The little bit of ivory and the traditional virtue of the exquisite tweet

How long does this have to be? Should we teach to the text (message)? Forget about the five paragraph essay,…

14 years ago

The Welcome Back Assembly

Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the…

14 years ago

When it comes to technology and change: Are you Toad, Mole, or Rat?

When a new technology comes along and knocks you off the old one - in this case a motor car…

15 years ago

“…larnin’.” It’s the key that opens all doors.”

William Woodruff died this week. He  was a professor of world history best known perhaps for his autobiographical works. He discovered a love…

16 years ago

School Choice: Hogwarts or Diffendoofer?

The best parts about the Harry Potter books are all the reminders of the traditional British school story and a…

17 years ago

Nuts! A Tale of Morality and Medicine

Do you like eating nuts? You do? And so do squirrels, but even squirrels can eat too many. Tippety Nippet…

17 years ago

W is for …

This picture has a dollop of peanut butter on one edge, a smear of grape jelly on the other, and…

18 years ago

The Machine Stops

In an earlier post, I mentioned the prescient Marshall McLuhan who saw decades ago that we were living in an…

18 years ago

Boxes: Part 1

Why do I stand here? I stand on my desk to remind myself that we must constantly force ourselves to…

18 years ago

Choice

Would you rather have supper in a castle, breakfast in a balloon, or tea on the river? John Burningham We…

18 years ago