Reflecting on a long and continuing career as a professional educator, here are 10 lessons I consider among those that are important. Understanding this part of the definition of “important” may help: “likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.” This doesn’t mean there aren’t more lessons. These are some of mine,
Choosing a school in some quarters is controversial and I understand why different people respond differently when the topic of school choice comes up. School choice has gotten a bad rap and there are some good reasons why. One of the reasons is that charter schools, new to the scene starting in 1992, have had
Several years ago, I posed the question about what people were curious about and the seven people responded with these interesting questions and musings. I commend them to you in the interest of your own curiosity. CS Why do I (and many others as we get older) wake up at 3 am? Will we
