COVID-19
I Found Out One of My Students Tested Positive for COVID and My Heart Sank
I was so excited last week. Exhausted, like so many of us are, but just plain happy. As my students romped into my room, and I heard the laughter each day as they sanitized their hands and plopped...
Teaching
20 Years After Columbine, I Still Have to Worry About My Students' Safety
Before I left school yesterday, I looked at my classroom. Not to check and make sure the floor was clean, or to look for coats left behind, water bottles on the floor, or rows askew. Rather it was to...
Teaching
If You Really Want to Make America Great Again, Stop Ignoring Social Studies
It’s funny how a student can make you pause and think hard about something you teach. Recently, I didn’t just pause, I got smacked upside the head like an unexpected foul ball at baseball game. How?...
Teaching
No Thanks, Mr. President. I Will Never Carry a Gun to School.
President Trump, I heard about your offer to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. You even offered us training to be an expert in the use of them, and we will get a bonus, too! That is a first...
