My Resistance SyllabusHere’s three books I’m reading this week that I’ve found awfully helpful in understanding how we got here and what the work ahead could be…Nov 10Nov 10
Nex, the Nex in my home, the Nex in Every Classroom, Deserves Life.There’s a lot we don’t know about Nex, the non-binary child who was killed in an Oklahoma school on February 8th. We know Nex was beaten in…Feb 201Feb 201
My Favorite Things (and not things) this YearBefore I share my favorite things this year, I want to share a piece of one of my favorite things ever, which is John Hodgman’s speech at a…Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023
Teacher on the SidewalkI dropped my kid off late today and saw an upset student come out of the school followed by a teacher trying to talk to him. By the time I…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
This Year, Give Teachers What They Really Need: A Freaking Break.School years are starting around the country. How do I know? I’ve been witnessing the two defining seasonal phenomena:Aug 18, 202315Aug 18, 202315
Bad Math: How Many Rhymes is That? Quantifying the claims of rapper’s with “more rhymes than __”Claim: I’ve got more rhymes than the Bible has PsalmsJun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
There is Room to be Hopeful in the Space Between Teachers and Students.Can I ask you to do something today? Can you ask three people who their favorite teacher was? Can you ask them what that teacher did for…Apr 30, 20231Apr 30, 20231
What I Learned Looking for my First Post-Teaching Job.In my first few years of teaching I kept a word document of other jobs I could do. In those years of profound stress and struggle, I needed…Nov 17, 20221Nov 17, 20221
Leaving Teaching Was Hard, but Not as Hard as Staying.I said goodbye to my students forever, again. I’ve been doing so four or five times a week for the last few months as my decision to stop…Oct 30, 202212Oct 30, 202212