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Lessons learned from Sesame Street....

Sesame Street started the year I was born, 1969. It was created when Joan Ganz Cooney, a former documentary producer for public...

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...

The benefits of learning new languages...

This week, two of the Einstein Fellows, Jess Hexsel and Carla Neely, taught us how to code a Micro:bit. Basically a small circuit board...

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...

Get out of your silo.....

I am not a farmer, but this concept of a silo applies to so many things in education. A silo is a tall, solitary building usually used...

Bring back the joy...

Every student and every teacher will tell you how incredibly hard these past couple of years have been. COVID has wreaked havoc on our...

Imposter Syndrome....

There was a time in my life when I knew what I was good at. Being a cheerleader in high school was my identity was good at it. I was...

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