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What's your story?

It seems like an odd question to start with in a blog, but I was twice reminded of the importance of story this week. This past week, the...

16 hours.....

That is the crazy number of hours it took for the Education and the Workforce Committee's first markup of this Congressional session. ...

Follow the Money...

Have you ever wondered how government programs were funded? I will be the first to admit that I was completely clueless before coming to...

Finding hope...

There is no doubt that our nation is more divided than ever. Every topic seems to have been politicized. Even science, which by its...

Celebrate the crazy ones....

A year ago, I found out that I was a semi-finalist for the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow program. There were a lot of...

The BS Syndrome...

This week I got to accompany Congressman DeSaulnier to an Education and the Workforce Committee meeting. It was a first for me because...

Not on my watch....

Education is in trouble. Not a news flash, just the honest truth. We are bleeding teachers at unprecedented rates and we do not have...

Taking time to Reflect...

It's a new year and I feel it's time to reflect on 2022 which was crazy and so full of emotion. In January of 2022 I was recovering...

Boots on the Ground….

I wasn’t planning on posting a new blog this week, but then Southwest Airlines completely self-destructed and the parallels to education...

A Foundation of Trust...

I've been doing a lot of reading on the success of K-12 education in Finland. It's an amazing story of how the Finnish people...

Understanding education buzz words...

I think there is consensus nationwide from the national level all the way down to the local level that we have a big job ahead of us to...

Never Stop Growing...

For the past few years, there's been a tradition for Einstein Fellows. I have no idea when or how it started, but I got my piece of that...

Failing Forward...

We've got some really big problems right now in K-12 education; standardized test scores in reading and math are way down, students and...

The Importance of Feeling Valued...

I've spent the last couple of months thinking about my career as an educator. I often get asked, "What's Next?". It's a legitimate...

The power of positivity...

I can't say when it started, but I grew to LOVE greeting my students at the door before each class with either a "GOOD MORNING!" (before...

Diversity in STEM...I mean STEAM....

This week, I had the opportunity to attend a Washington Post Live event entitled "Diversity in STEM". Panelists like Sandra Cauffman,...

Ideas for Progress.....

The National Assessment for Educational Progress released it's full report this week about the academic losses in reading and math for...

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