All that fuss about Obama’s speech
The President spoke to America’s students as they begin the school year. I’ve been asked 3,000 times today what all the fuss was about. Why was talk radio and the TV talking heads going full-speed,...
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42 Things to Get Your Kid Ready for School
There are different rituals for different families at this season of the year. When I was little, I got a new pair of shoes and a new “outfit”. My brothers got new “clothes” because, as they explained...
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An alternative to arming teachers…Con mucho gusto
We are struggling to make sense of the senseless violence in an elementary school in Connecticut. Good people all over the world are thinking about how to prevent another tragedy and coming to very...
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The Most Beautiful People Edition…Coming from a Public School Near You
I once teased our NEA President, Dennis Van Roekel, that one, fine day People Magazine would issue their Most Beautiful Union Presidents editions, and I’d nominate him. This month, we made it. Well....
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Flowers for Margaret
I always started my day at Orchard Elementary checking my mailbox in the school office for any memos, flyers, notes, you-name-it. I ended my day the same way. Looking back now, I remember that...
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When is Parents Day?
Tuesday, November 18th is Parents Day! A great part of American Education Week. I remember when I first started teaching sometime in the late 1800s when one of the moms of one of my 4th graders came to...
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