I was listening to a Malcom Gladwell podcast called “Revisionist History.”  In season 5, there is a short episode entitled, “Hamlet was...

Every elementary classroom teacher will always use a computer keyboarding program to train their children to learn to touch type. Why?  ...

Over the course of my life, I have engaged in deep thought about engineering, economic and educational processes; yet analytical thinking...

This blog is very long, but I hope it is helpful to teachers, administrators and educational advocates. Due to its length, I have also...

Let’s begin our short chat with the reality of the professional world.  When I was in my sixth year of teaching in 2001, my principal...

Professional frustration occurs in every job to varying degrees; however, I have never experienced the same levels of isolated...

Although I am ‘officially’ retired, I continue to regularly watch the televised local school board meetings.  The experience can be both...

Several decades ago, I attended an August meeting with the associate superintendent of elementary schools in a large urban school...

There is a companion white paper to this blog that includes an executive summary. An interested educator may find that short...

On the way back from Iowa last month – after visiting my elderly parents – my wife and I drove to Texas through Oklahoma via IH-35 south....

In 2011, Senate Bill (SB) 6 was signed into law, and it permitted Texas school district administrators the freedom to choose their own...

My wife and I just finished walking our third ‘El Camino’ in Spain three weeks ago. There are two major walking routes that stretch from...

Numeracy gaps and literacy gaps are the two main academic hurdles in elementary schools, especially Title 1 campuses. Moreover, the...

My mother-in-law has long since retired, but she cleans a small two-story concrete supplier’s office every Friday to supplement her fixed...

If there is one assumed professional trait in public education, it is ‘expertise.’ Now, it is rarely spouted from within the teacher...

Learning - any type of human learning - requires consistent practice and reflection to achieve proficiency at a given task. There must...

The vast majority of states have moved toward digital standardized testing. They have done this for a couple reasons. First, MONEY! It...

I am not a big volleyball fan. But, throughout my life, I played a lot of different sports and activities including volleyball. Last...

On July 20th, 1969, mankind demonstrated the ability to place men on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. This space journey is...

Beginning in third grade, every Tuesday night, my mother would load my two brothers and me in the family car and drive us to the city...