We are Drowning in Information, but Starved for Knowledge
As the spring semester gets underway, I tend to take a moment to reset and take inventory, if you will, of where we are and where we still need to go. If you are like me, you battle the overwhelming curricular interruptions of second semester. There seem to be never ending pep rallies, spirit weeks, […]
Remembering President Jimmy Carter
As the somber, yet unsurprising news spread today, condolences, memories, and messages of respect made rounds across social media channels. Jimmy Carter, the longest living US president, has seen, lived, and inspired a century’s worth of American and global life and politics. In the checkout at Costco, the news alert stopped me, an unexpected wave […]
The Survivor’s Guide to AP Score Release Day
With the close of another school year, another testing season, and another successful AP Reading session, thousands of us sit here on July 7, 2024 awaiting the results of student exam performance on AP exams. It is almost impossible to explain the feelings of score release day (or really, score release eve) to non-teachers. It […]
Providing Student Choice In AP Classroom
Years ago, I remember watching a Malcolm Gladwell TED TALK: Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce. Howard Moskowitz did the research for Prego and later Ragu and narrowed down their many choices of spaghetti sauce in the supermarket aisle down to plain, spicy, and extra chunky. When I bring choice to the classroom, too much choice paralyzes […]
Navigating CRT In The Classroom
I have spent the past couple of months listening to and reading the various perspectives on Critical Race Theory, its definition, and the battle of its inclusion in public school classrooms all over the US. While the arguments for and against have become about as political a tool as you can get when it comes […]