

Inviting Others In
Three days from now, my local school board will vote on a proposal to close my neighborhood elementary school. The vote follows 14 weeks...


September Revelations
For the past several years I have taught two sections of middle school math in addition to my work with the Center for Innovative...


Practicing Samosas
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...


The Perfect Sandwich Loaf
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...


Tuning into Positive
One afternoon, about fifteen years ago, I got a call from my son’s kindergarten teacher. She wanted to let me know that he had become...


Literacy for Democracy
Twitter is an interesting place. Kris and I have been using it to connect Astra with other like-minded folks in the education world...


Cultivating Interest & Curiosity
Talking to members of Francis W. Parker’s Class of 2019 has been a love of mine since 2013, when they entered the school as 7th graders,...