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...

Every person, conscious of the fact or not, strives for ‘control’ of events in their immediate sphere of influence. ‘Control’ affords...

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...

After years of visiting Title 1 elementary charters and traditional public schools, I am constantly amazed at the minimal number of...

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...

“The Marvelous Mrs. Mazel” is an Emmy winning Amazon Prime video series (4 Seasons) about a New York City divorcee who pursues a career...

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: ...

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...

The macroeconomic theory of trickle-down corporate tax cuts has been a mainstay for conservative politicians and economists for nearly a...

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 daily teaching of math word problems is essential if students are to become adept problem solvers. The consistency of a daily routine...

Happens far too frequently in our public schools. A student will use profanity or do something outrageous to get an emotional response...

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

Small Gaps Widen to Larger Chasms While hiking the 500-mile-long El Camino in Spain a couple of summers ago, a small pain ensued on the...

I am thinking of a two digit number between 30 and 40 that is both an even number and a multiple of 8. Can you guess the number? As...