2025: Because We Had To Do Something About It
How did a bad encounter with two wayward teenagers after Trump’s inauguration transformed my outlook for the rest of the year? Read more here and let me know what you…
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Our School and How I Just Want To Hear What Happened
This is a quick blog recommending that you read Our School by Sam Chaltain. I’m in the throes of reading three edu-books in a row while promoting
On Due Process, Or What You Call Tenure
For the purposes of this essay, I’m using the term “due process” in lieu of tenure because people like Whoopi Goldberg (and millions of others)
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Adults, Please Get Out The Way [How Students Do It]
This morning, I imagined Marvin Gaye would have a few things to say about what’s going on today: Today was supposed to be Michael Brown’s
When Can We Talk About Race? (Michael + Trayvon + Renisha + …)
This is often the way education conversations go: Higher-Up: Hey, so what do people want to talk about? Teacher 1: Can we talk about teacher
Who Taught Educators To Hate Themselves? (About Lists and Authenticity)
The following is a debate I’ve had with a few folk, so here is an uninterrupted fleshing out of these thoughts. Michael Petrilli put out
Another Reason I Don’t Like FOIL In Math
I recently wrote an article for Edutopia about factoring polynomials using areas and why FOIL is absolute crap: For one, I’m not a fan of
Eduflack’s Review of This Is Not A Test, For Argument’s Sake
Today, Patrick Riccards of EduFlack wrote a review of my book This Is Not A Test, and it moved me in a major way. Read
Personalization Depends On The Person
Any so-called innovation deserves a second and third look when it’s brought to kids, even if it’s from Sir Ken Robinson. I saw this in
Here It Is, A Profession Transformed
I just got back from three packed-house events in Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Philadelphia in July. In each space, the energy in the room took
Reframing Expertise in Education (The Habitual Line-Stepper)
In my travels this summer, I’m often asked to ponder this idea of expertise, and specifically, how education researchers and those in higher education can
Teachers of Color Caught In The Windmill (On Real Equity)
Last week, I delved a little deeper into this issue of teachers of color, hoping to sow some of the prevailing narratives up and construct
Teacher Quality And The Decline In Teachers of Color
This morning, I came across this article on Huffington Post (I know, I know, hear me out, though) and thought I should ask questions about
Digital Tools As The Gateway Drug To Real Pedagogy?
On Sunday, I spent some time with the good folks at SMART Technologies (yeah, I can’t believe I’m saying that either, but more on that
You Can’t Educate With Us (On Tone-Policing When Silent)
I called someone a racist this past weekend. And a sexist for good measure. I don’t have much authoritative experience with the latter as I
Father’s Day As A Healing Day
It’s weird. With the World Cup in Brazil going and Father’s Day happening all around me (and for me), I’m reminded how, once or twice
Just My Imagination Running Away With Me (A Post-CCSS World)
I‘ve seen this article in my e-mails and feeds no less than ten times this morning. Much of this is old news for me since,
What Complicity Looks Like (Why I Support #YesAllWomen)
Let’s say, for argument’s sake, that my boys and I wanted to have fun at an Irish pub, jamming to every rhyme and curse Shawn
Michelle Obama and Why Teachers Need To Embrace Critique
Every time someone says something, anything, about teachers, without fail, a naysayer always nags how it’s a conspiracy against teachers as a whole. For instance,
How The Book Is Going So Far
People often ask me how I do everything I do, especially surrounding my book. I can’t reveal it all, but even my typical Saturdays aren’t
Hope Makes Teaching More Than A Job
Goodness, that last EduShyster’s interview was epic. There’s a whole piece that we didn’t even get to share with you because, well, it would hurt
Teaching and Leading While Black (On My Visit To The White House)
Nancy Flanagan’s recent post on teacher leadership finally gave me the push to dive into my experience in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Jill Biden and
Retroactively Paying It Forward (On The City – UFT Contract)
In case it hasn’t already flooded your airwaves already, the De Blasio administration and the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) reached a tentative agreement to
Without Some Affirmative Action, Bros Won’t Look At You
Book Con. Miami Device. Vox Media. FiveThirtyEight. I see any argument against affirmative action as invalid. Time and again, I see clear examples of situations
Racism Without Racists: The School Re-segregation Edition
Today, ProPublica released a special report on their website dedicated to the re-segregation of America’s public schools. With the 60th anniversary of the Brown vs.
I Need You Here (Global Math Presentation)
I’m going to drop a blog sometime on Wednesday, but in the meantime, I have an online presentation tomorrow for the Global Math Department, and
Your Kids Don’t Actually Feel Like They Belong In School
Today, a friend forwarded me a report from the Pew Research Center that focused on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. An excerpt:
My Review of The First Review of My Book This Is Not A Test
Let me say, for the record, that I haven’t been excited yet. Not with the endorsements, the hundreds of folk who’ve pre-ordered it, the publisher’s
Sunglasses and Advil, Last Edit Was Mad Real
I’m surprised a few of you haven’t put out on APB or Missing Persons Report for me since I haven’t blogged on any site for
You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
After a difficult day “at the office,” I sat on my couch and did next to nothing. My e-mail count ran up. My food got
Public Education For The Public Good (On Inclusion)
This past week has been nothing short of nuts. I had the opportunity to attend (and present and moderate) at the first annual Network for
#ResistTFA and the Zero-Sum Game
In the middle of writing my piece on Jordan Davis and the lack of volume about the decision / non-decision on Michael Dunn, a few
So What If It’s Not Relevant Right Now? (Just Math It)
This week, I’m supposed to teach my students how to solve a system of equations by elimination. It’s the hardest of the four ways for
Fight With Us Too, Damnit (Educators and Jordan Davis)
When the Michael Dunn verdict came down, I fully expected him to get off on all counts. The Trayvon Martin case only created two pathways
On The Postponement of Common Core Accountability
On Monday, New York State found out that its Board of Regents, the governing body for education policy in NYS, decided to postpone accountability measures
Vilson Unplugged (Featuring Deepak Chopra)
Confession: I haven’t had earphones on for the last month and a half. Perhaps some of that has to do with my iPod’s phone jack
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