Here’s the first in a two-part essay about Bill Gates’ interview with The Washington Post: He is correct in stating that students get evaluated all

A few notes: Quote of the Week: Two things helped me break through. The first, being vouched for by someone in a position of power

Last Wednesday, Huffington Post Education’s Twitter feed tweeted this out: In the pithiest attempt at a response, I said “From what?” After a more thorough

The newest truism goes: If you’re a group of color, you’re rioting. If you’re White, you’re protesting. If you’re multicultural, you’re marching. The recent so-called

Clearly, we need to define what “teacher” means a little more, and “educator,” for that matter. We also need to understand what that means for

A few short notes: Quote: “My dreams is vivid, work hard to live it.” The Notorious B.I.G. in Shaq’s “You Can’t Stop The Reign” ***

Ta-Nehisi Coates has a message for good, honest folk. Read: But much worse, it haunts black people with a kind of invisible violence that is

You weren’t supposed to come back. Even though you were on our school’s roster, rumor had it that your guardian put you in a different

 A few notes: Quote of the Week:

This week, I had the distinct please of listening to Norman Hill speak as part of a panel of activists and organizers that worked on

I’m usually a fan of teacher leadership, but sometimes, it makes me nervous. Observe: I wonder if teachers who are deemed teacher leaders understand why

I have a confession: I’ve never seen Beasts of the Southern Wild. As a relatively new parent, I don’t always have the time or the

A few notes: Quote of the Week: Actually, it’s not even a quote. Just watch.

Every year, the memory of this day usually sucks. The night before I went to Raleigh, North Carolina (for a Center for Teaching Quality board

This is an excerpt from my latest offering at the Future of Teaching blog: Is it because so many either sympathize or empathize with a

I started off the morning with a heavy dose of Stevie Wonder and Aventura, a random sampling of love songs I have on my iPod

A couple of months ago, in the middle of a few good conversations, Leonie Haimson reminded me that I was one of the first NYC

A few links: A short note: Normally, I don’t do this. I usually find acknowledgments longer than a line too long, too glorified, too …

A couple of days back, I saw an incident with one of my student ambassadors and a teacher. Nothing to write the Post about, but

Excerpt from my latest at The Future of Teaching: Instead, what the audience got that night was me speaking from the heart. Sure, I prepared,