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If Every Other Word Out Of Your Mouth Is “Common Core”, You’re The Problem

January 15, 2013
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Style and Substance (or, At Least Three Things You Don’t Say To A Man of Color)

January 13, 2013

A Spoiler for Frontline’s Michelle Rhee Documentary

January 7, 2013
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Ohhh, Sometimes, I Get A Good Feeling. [Get A Feeling That I Never Ever Ever Had Before, No]

December 31, 2012

12 Blogs I Loved In 2012

December 30, 2012

Race and Intellect, or Except for You, You’re The Smart One [Unreleased]

December 27, 2012
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Administrators of Color: Selling Out or Buying In? [From The Vault]

December 26, 2012

Short Notes: The Educational Income Gap And The Man Who Helped Us Defeat It

December 23, 2012

How To Get Your Blog Banned From Your School District [It Takes A Nation Of Millions]

December 20, 2012

How My Son Really Started Walking

December 18, 2012

This Moment of Clarity [On Sandy Hook and Telling Adults To Shut Up Already]

December 16, 2012

Creating A Sliver of Hope Whenever Possible, Wherever Possible

December 11, 2012

Short Notes: We Are Powerful Beyond Measure

December 9, 2012

People Who Write Open Letters To Obama Actually Want Him To Read Them [EdWeek]

December 6, 2012

Discomfort is the Starting Point, Not the End Goal When It Comes To Race [Edutopia]

December 5, 2012

How To Move In A Room Full of Vultures [On Jay-Z, Sabrina Stevens and Child Advocacy]

December 4, 2012

5 Ways To Use 300 More Instructional Hours In A Year (THIS IS AMERICA!)

December 3, 2012

Short Notes: Hip-Hop Didn’t Fail America

December 2, 2012

Some Nights (What We Stand For)

November 29, 2012

Open Letter To Chancellor Dennis Walcott and Others on The Idea of Assessment

November 28, 2012

Closing Schools In The Time Of A Hurricane [SchoolBook]

November 26, 2012

Short Notes: Why We Shouldn’t Grade Schools

November 25, 2012

Thankful (After Thanksgiving)

November 23, 2012

Beyond Bloomberg: On The 2013 Mayoral Candidate Forum on Education

November 19, 2012

Short Notes: Data Really Does Makes People Feel Comfortable

November 18, 2012

A Letter To President Obama, On Education Working Conditions

November 15, 2012
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Nate Silver Got Nothin’ On Me [Future of Teaching]

November 15, 2012

What A 55 Looks Like On This Side [Fail Is A Strong Word]

November 12, 2012
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Short Notes: In a Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga Sorta Vibe

November 11, 2012
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Teach Others How To Lead, And Other Tips [Edutopia]

November 8, 2012
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An Open Letter To The Present and Future President Obama [2012 and Beyond]

November 8, 2012
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10³ (My 1,000th Post and Running)

November 6, 2012
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Short Notes: John Steinbeck Giving Away His Secrets?

November 4, 2012
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Top 10 List Of Things To Do For NYC Teachers Going To Work On Friday

November 1, 2012
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If You Build The Relationship, The Network Will Come [Future of Teaching]

October 31, 2012
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So Much On My Mind That I Can’t Recline [On Hurricane Sandy]

October 30, 2012
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Short Notes: You Don’t Have Any Bruce Lee Jokes, Either

October 28, 2012
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Wherever The DREAM May Lead Us [An Education For All]

October 25, 2012
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Why Learning Math Is Political

October 23, 2012
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Short Notes: Inspire The Next, Recognize The Present

October 21, 2012

Allow More Mistakes, And Other Advice for Getting Kids Into Math [Edutopia]

October 18, 2012
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Let Me Re-Introduce Responsible Citizenship [Future of Teaching]

October 18, 2012

The Clappety-Clap Bullshit [On Character Education]

October 17, 2012
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The Power of We: In The Memory of Malala Yousafzai [On Thinking Globally] #BAD12

October 15, 2012

Short Notes: Comments On Suicide From Bill, Heather, And … Anonymous

October 14, 2012

The School To Prison Pipeline From An Educator’s Perspective [Interview]

October 10, 2012
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Don’t Let Me Down [On Opening Up When Things Go Down]

October 9, 2012
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AP: Jay-Z Signs Math Educator Jovan Miles to Roc Nation

October 8, 2012
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Short Notes: Romney Flips The Big Bird

October 7, 2012
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On Stuyvesant High School and Having One Cocoa Puff In A Bowl of Milk [Why We Write]

October 4, 2012