A few notes:

• Gerald Bracey presents the 9 top myths about public school. An excellent read on Huffington Post.
• Not that it hasn’t been said before, but New York Times reports that teachers in America teach for longer hours than anyone in the world. Anyone.
• Professor Daniel Willingham debunks our basic understanding of learning styles. Please watch. (Thanks, Mike Parent for reminding me of this video)
• Karma: Explained.

I won’t say blogging’s taken a backseat to actual teaching, but I will say that becoming a more effective teaching requires that I put more of my energies into the classroom. This is not a “I quit blogging” speech. This is just a “My schedule’s going to switch up every so often” speech. It’ll still be 3-4 posts a week most weeks nonetheless. Have a good weekend and a great Yom Kippur to my homies.

Jose, who’d just like to see the Yankees keep winning …