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My Size 8 Head or Why I’m Not Gassed

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Aaron’s Revenge: A Perspective from a Web Designer on Education

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Patrick Swayze Goes Ghost (RIP)

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Dear Barack Obama: A Letter from an Urban Math Teacher to His President

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Teachers Need Podiatrists, Too

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5 Reasons Why School Opening Day Sucks / Rocks

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If You’re Nervous, That’s a Good Thing

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Short Notes: A Family Thing

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Don’t Only Talk Like It, Walk Like It

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If It’s Not About The Students, It’s Not About Me

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Industry Rule #4082: Rule #4080 Applies to Education, Too

Does Social Media Mean Social Justice?

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We Fight, We Love (or Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in a Context)

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On This Day We Become Revolutionary, Bigger Than We Ever Dreamed Of

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Jose Vs. Mr. Vilson, Part 1 (or Love Me, Love Me Nots)

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Picking Up Dust And Why Your Foundation’s Weak

A Memorandum on Friendship

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Pa’lante Pa’lante

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Leave Out All The Rest

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Big Pun’s Wife and How Sexism Runs Rampant Through Your Vericose Vains

Jam

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In Defense of the Egomaniac (Or I’m Walt Mossburg … Shut Up)

It’s My Fault

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The Tourist (or Not That Black in America)

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Jose Vilson: American Latino Take 2

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Make You Whole

Frank McCourt and The Whole Teacher Respect Issue

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Why I Blog

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Live With Legends – Julian Bond and Cornel West

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Just A Quick Thought About School Leadership

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Letters: Why I Don’t Just Color In One Crayon

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On The Reason Why You May Only Get One Black Male Teacher Ever In Your Life (If At All)

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Who’s Gonna Cover Your Vibes, XXLs, and Sources?

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Short Notes: Blame It On The Boogie Edition

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Oops, He’s Sorry, He Lied: He’s Number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

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An Interrupted Morning

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Sacrosanct

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Letter: Man In The Mirror

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Letters: No, Your Hips Aren’t Enough

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Your Moment of Zen – Your Writing Prompt

Against All Odds

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Can’t Read My Poker Face (I Ain’t Got To Love Nobody)

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Doing a Touchdown Dance, Throwing the Chalk to the Floor

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In Other News, Sit Down Already!

Decimas For The Poet In You

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A Letter To The Black Star, Mos Def and Talib Kweli

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Of Eccentric Confusions, Prestidigitation, and Legerdemain

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I Was Never An Empty Cup (Consumer Beware)

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Death Measured At Words Per Minute

Don’t Ask Why Not, But How It’s Getting Done

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