A student walks into a high school classroom. A ringtone sounds on her cellphone and she answers as she walks to her desk. Classmates take their seats and a bell rings signally class has started. Should she finish her conversation … Continue reading
When Safe Is Impossible, Safer Is A Better Place To Be
Safety is an illusive perception. When a person believes he is safe from danger, he remains vulnerable to the threat that he cannot conceive. When a person believes he is threatened by danger, while he is more sensitive to all … Continue reading
There is No Teaching License for Mental Health
As much as politicians and media want it to be otherwise, there is no teaching license, not expertise, that certifies teachers in the area of mental health. There is no major or minor in colleges of education for the certification … Continue reading
Look at External Data, But Work to Improve the Internal Data
Baking bread is a matter of following a recipe. I pre-heat my oven stove to 450 degrees and place my Dutch oven on the middle rack. When the oven is heated, I place my properly mixed and raised dough in … Continue reading
Multiple Literacies Required
How literate are you? How literate should an educated person be in order to lead a full contemporary adult life? Literacy, the ability to read and write, is almost universal in the United States today. Although we quibble annually about … Continue reading