How I Became a Teacher
Read MoreWhat If? #4: What if teachers had it all?
How would your teaching change if you had all the resources you needed?
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Why I Joined the “Union”
I reflect on why I pay my professional association dues.
Read MoreA Cat, a Washing Machine, and a Tornado
Are you caught in a tornado? Is school a cat or a washing machine? I synthesize how ideas of embracing volatility outlined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb relate to principles of the Global Fourth Way in education outlined by Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley.
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You Must Write Your Teacher Life
Why every teacher should be a writer.
Read MoreThe Obstinacy of Hope
I endeavor to explain how I see hope as essential to a teacher’s job, and yet not quite the syrupy-sweet thing that many interpret from Dickinson’s famous poem. It’s more beaky.
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Can a Girl Get Some Color?
English teacher creates an epic hip hop ballad that will rock your world and leave you flabbergasted as to why teachers of core subjects often do not have access to colored paper or a color printer or photocopier.
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What If? (#3) OR Why My Teacher Website is So Ugly
Teachers and students working in the classroom often know the tech tools we need, and we can learn them an implement them if the systems in our schools are responsive enough to meet our needs quickly.
Read MoreWhat If? (#1)
At the Arizona K12 Center’s Teacher Leadership Institute last summer, the phrase of the week was “solutions-oriented.” Strategically, this angle is necessary for teachers to be heard in education reform. The stereotype of the bitter, worn-down, socially stunted school-marm in
Read MoreThe Tassel’s Not a Hassle*
Sometimes it is frighteningly transparent who is profiting from access to our schools.
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