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...

I find the title of this blog interesting because as humans – I would hope that when folks perform poorly at some manageable task or...

Organizing large groups of people to efficiently complete any complex human task is challenging. In antiquity, for example, the Giza...

Due to age and perspective, adults immediately recognize that the mastery of a second language is an incredibly pragmatic and useful...

About twenty-five years ago, I was a passenger in a car returning to Austin. I was part of a three-member structural engineering team on...

NOPE! The usual suspects of endless blame are not the reason poor academic math results in American public schools. In fact, a...

Awhile back, I attended a national charter school founder’s lecture about his experiences opening new schools across the country. After...

In the last 30 years, the author has visited approximately 250 Title 1 elementary campuses as a teacher, principal, central office...

Every time we boarded an airplane to travel, my wife would open the airline magazine and complete the three levels of Sudoku puzzles: ...

Word fluency will drive comprehension proficiency since the students can read and not deplete their ‘CPU’ trying to decipher the most...

I have heard the expression – Teaching to the Test – for many years, but I had not deeply considered the thinking behind the phrase until...

Back in the spring of 2016 when I was an elementary principal, I attended a district professional development session on a new teacher...

Half a century ago, my father, older brother and I watched a herd of horses driven into a rectangular corral from an open field. My father w

The pandemic has brought to light many underlying issues in our society. Some incidents were surprising; for instance, I was astounded...

The famous American political phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid” is attributed to James Carville and coined during Bill Clinton's...

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A middle distance runner competing in a 3,200 meter or 5 kilometer race practices and trains differently than a long distance runner...

When I was in college, my statics and dynamic professor proposed a no homework versus a double homework wager to his students. He...

I do not own a washing machine. Never have. I use the condominium laundry room with its ten washing machines and dryers to handle my...