A false debate rages among parents and even educators these days: play versus academic content. While there’s no question academic expectations for our youngest learners have risen over the last 20...
Right now, in English classrooms at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School our students are doing amazing work. They are lawyers putting Lady Macbeth on trial, closely reading Shakespeare’s language...
I began teaching as a mid-career change after many years in the private sector, and my business mindset followed me into the classroom: I expected measurable progress from my students, and I presumed...
I'm not bragging when I say, “My daughter is smart.” I started reading to her when she was a newborn. At four months old, she could turn the pages on a book as read to her. At 18 months, she was...
I’m terrible at math. In seventh grade, I became aware of my poor math preparation when I entered a team math competition against other Catholic schools in the Chicagoland area. At least half of the...
