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July 31, 2020 The Importance of Routines
Good habits are worth being fanatical about. John Irving One night last winter, I read for a few minutes in bed before I fell asleep. This one small change in...
July 24, 2020 Christmas in July
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I love Christmas cards. They are one of my favorite things about the holiday season. We make...
July 17, 2020 Walking Tours
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Mark Twain My sister got me hooked last year...
July 10, 2020 When Your Glasses Fall Into the Lake
May we always see life through love-colored glasses. ...
June 5, 2020 My Son
My son is black. I am not. If he was in your classroom, he would be listed as Jordan Ayres on your roster. I call him Jay. He’d be the...
May 29, 2020 Missing Hallways
On the simplest level, telecommuting makes it harder for people to have the kinds of informal interactions that are crucial to the way knowledge moves through an organization. James...
May 22, 2020 Write Now
There is no life that does not contribute to history. Dorothy West Last spring, this is what I heard myself and other educators saying: When will you finish state...
May 15, 2020 Seeking Community
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. Mother Teresa Look around your corner of your professional world. My guess is there are all kinds of...
May 8, 2020 Eagle’s Nest
In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world. Lame Deer Last summer I was visiting my friend Sandy at her remote summer camp on an island in...
May 1, 2020 Virtual Third Things
Cards are one means of bridging differences in age and habits, drawing children and parents, old and new friends together in fair and friendly competition. Florence Osborn Every afternoon around...
April 24, 2020 Truth and Judgment
Literacy is freedom, and everyone has something significant to say. Jimmy Santiago Baca At a recent keynote address, Jimmy Santiago Baca challenged me (and everyone else in the audience)...
April 17, 2020 An Amazing Time
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. ...
April 10, 2020 Savoring a Book Just Because
Books are a uniquely portable magic. ...
April 3, 2020 Good Enough
The best is the enemy of the good. Voltaire It’s 2:00 a.m., and...
March 27, 2020 New Plans
You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens. Mandy Hale If you’ve spent much time around me (virtually...
March 13, 2020 Learn to Care
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. Anthony J. D’Angelo It’s transition time in kindergarten....
March 6, 2020 At Least No One Died
A bus ride is like being in another world. ...
February 28, 2020 Strengths Focused
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa As I sat to the side of the classroom watching a community of second...
February 21, 2020 A Place for Writing
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. Twyla Tharp In Write What Matters, Tom Romano explains how he helps students think about...
February 14, 2020 The Poem in Your Heart
The brief sum of life forbids us the hope of enduring long. Horace When...
February 7, 2020 Grammar’s Flexibility
The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar. Michel de Montaigne My nephew said to his mom, “Me and Brennan are going to play...
