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I taught fourth grade for eleven years. I loved teaching. I loved the kids. I loved trying to meet each child’s special needs. But...

( NYT August 9, 2021 Daily podcast Back to School Amid the Delta Variant with Richard Fausset ) A recent podcast from the NYT, discussing...

A book by Douglas B. Downey (The University of Chicago Press, 2020) Reviewed in the New York Times I am always looking for good, current...

Donna’s family lived on a goat farm. She had a pragmatic approach to schooling and was very adept at taking from school and from...

Ravenous Butterflies “Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this:...

"When we see that children everywhere are required by law to go to school, that almost all schools are structured in the same way, and...

This article, Is Real Educational Reform Possible? If So, How? , by Peter Gray, PhD, was published in Psychology Today and referenced on...

The Wall Street Journal published an article in November called Is This the End of College as We Know It? If you are interested in the...

When our elementary school acquired its first digital cameras back in the 2000s, I got in line to use them for my fourth graders. They...