A couple weeks ago, I had one of those days. After writing a whole post about how nice my room is, a post that included pictures of the soft-lighting some nice lamps gave, some students working hard,...
In March 2007 I was finishing my second month of student teaching at Charters Valley High School in suburban Pittsburgh. I had completed drafting a lesson on the early effects of the Cold War in...
As the Noble Network of Charter Schools celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, I’m looking forward and back. Back, because I was a member of the very first class at the original Noble Street...
“This is the moment when you really become a high school student at Boston Prep. This is the moment when you learn to tie a tie.” It is the first hour of the first day of 91 students’ first year of...
Growing up, Olivia and Aliyah Singleton frequently heard their mother’s prediction: “You’re going to go to the University of Chicago.” “I would just shake my head,” Olivia says. “I never thought I...
