Learning Curve

For our final week on lessons learned through cooking, I made something that I’ve never felt skilled enough to try: croissants. (For...

This blog is the third in our series on the connection between cooking and learning. To see previous posts, click here. Many years ago, a...

This blog is the second in a series on the connection between cooking and learning. For our first post, and how we frame this month of...

Because Kris and I work in different locations, we talk on the phone a lot. I love our conversations, and I’ve been struck by how often...

We moved to New Hampshire when I was in my early thirties and our first winter was extraordinarily snowy, even for northern New England...

By sheer numbers, New Year’s resolutions are doomed. U.S. News & World Report shares that 80% of goals fail during February (they look...

Sara and I have been thinking a lot about what students are able to do and under what conditions. We’ve been talking with innovative...

Regularly, when someone found out that I taught 12, 13, and 14 year olds, I would hear that I was courageous. I never particularly...