EDUCATION IS . . .
Friday, December 6th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Current Events | No Comments »"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." -- Nelson Mandela. Today I came across this remarkable 1994 photograph by Michael S. Williamson, and this powerful quote, and thought I'd bring them together here. For my own ...
Donalyn Miller’s “The Book Whisperer” Reaches Cultural Icon Status
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, In the Classroom, Readings | No Comments »I met Donalyn Miller at a Literacy Conference in Ohio. She was the keynote speaker and I came away impressed, inspired, and determined to read her book, THE BOOK WHISPERER: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child. I started reading it ...
Neil Gaiman: “Well-Meaning Adults Can Destroy a Child’s Love of Reading.”
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Scary Tales | No Comments »"Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like –- the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian 'improving' literature –- you'll wind up with a generation convinced ...
BEFORE YOU GO: Running & Writing & Books (2 Quick Excerpts)
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Before You Go, the writing process | No Comments »Over the past year I've twice crossed paths with a near-legendary editor, the much respected Christy Ottaviano. She works at Macmillan and, no, Christy can't be blamed for any of my books. I follow her page on Facebook and just ...
CVS, Please Stop the Paper Waste: My Receipt Was 40 Inches Long!
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Current Events | No Comments »I recently picked up a few items at our local drugstore. The cashier asked if I had my CVS card to scan? I handed it over, zap. Did I want to give $1.00 to ALS? Not today, thanks. Would I ...
The Problem with Math Problems, Common Core, Standard Tests, etc.
Monday, June 10th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, In the Classroom | 1 Comment »I've been meaning to write an epic post recounting my visits to schools this past year. The things I've seen, the things I've learned, but gosh, I keep watching it slide down my list of things to do. In short: * It's ...
Quick Link: Baseball, Childhood Cancer, and a Family Comes Full Circle
Friday, March 15th, 2013 Posted in Around the Web, Family, New York Mets | No Comments »This is a story I've told before, 4-5 years back, but recently retold over at my other blog, 2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball. The name pretty much says it all. So I'll direct you to it. Right this way, people ---> Click ...