This morning, Bill Ferriter on Twitter ranted a bit about an e-mail from a disgruntled hater who called his blogging an exercise in self-fellaciating (if

I hate case studies. A lot. They’re beautiful for story-telling and quirky books we can keep, like oral traditions and love poems. I just don’t

A suggestion on building your own independence in the new decade, but first, a few notes: Today, many of my compatriots celebrated the 45th anniversary

In the previous essay, I discussed why I believe that opportunity and tenacity go hand-in-hand in a pendular relationship, even with the disproportionate balance of

I hate being a case study for success in site of the odds. OK, maybe I don’t hate it, but I do have a problem

Many of us live in an anarchist revision of love, hoping to understand its structures while simultaneously rationalizing why they just won’t work for us

For those who’d like a very fundamental and rudimentary explanation for slope and how to understand it as a function of two given variables, (and

Let me lay it out really quickly. I get asked to join a lot of projects, organizations, and groups of people.  My former self used

A few notes: It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and it’s also the first time I’ve EVER actually liked both teams. Outside of Jeremy Shockey, there’s no

Let me make it plain: conversations in too many sectors have this strange relationship with race these days, and by strange, I mean covertly racist.

“Well, not for nothing, but the student you’re looking at now has an IEP. She’s come a long way from where she was …” In

A few links: 90 days gone from my students’ 8th greade year. 90 more to go. Let’s do it. Mr. V, who’s all mamse mamasa

It might have been the sweet potato fries or the classic cuban sandwiches, but today marks the first time I ever believed my union president

Today, I got the wonderful opportunity to see the portfolio-based assessment presentations / defenses at an alternative high school. While it’s certainly a time-consuming process

A couple of weeks back, I forgot how to teach temporarily. I believe there’s a segment of one’s brain that completely shuts off their occupation

Check the website. Tell me what you think.

I’m not going to quit being an educator. Even when people want me to quit, even when the gossip comes raining down, even when the

A few links: There just isn’t enough I can say about the intimacy and immediacy of the past 5-6 days. This doesn’t include work-related or

For many of us in the United States, independence means a ton. Even for the most marginalized of groups, we scream and kick for it

I could have easily declared the following as a math teacher, but I’m being more demonstrative now: No. More. FOIL. Anyone who’s followed these posting