Definition of a Sweater: A garment your mom makes you wear when she catches a chill. As I was sitting at the rink tonight watching Ben’s hockey practice, a parent came over to chat with me. She is an incredibly sweet person, she volunteers at the school, is always available to help out, and is [...]
As I drove to work one day a few years back I read the following on the billboard of a local drug store: Sweatshirts $5 or 3 for $10 And then as I remembered that the middle school in my district still required every 8th grade student to make a sweatshirt, I thought: Why are [...]
I am terribly disappointed with my former school district this week. This recent article reported the restructuring efforts taking place at the Cooperative Middle School (CMS) in Exeter, NH. (Full disclosure: I worked at CMS for nearly a decade. The school and the people that work there are still very close to my heart) This [...]
I was recently honored to have my post published on PLP’s Voices From the Learning Revolution blog. Below is that post in its entirety and while you are welcome to read it here, I encourage you to visit PLP’s and read the Voices at PLP’s blog. It isn’t until someone asks [...]
