In education, you hear a lot about the need for schools to go back to basics. With regard to spelling, I recommend that newly-released Rocket Spelling.

Many of my recent blog posts have focused on the fact that 10 years have passed since I started this blog. Is a month that I posted rarely in over the years, but there are still some good bits around. I think I go into hibernation every spring, pretty much. Regardless, here is the best of March that my blog has to offer through the decade.

We must erase the distance between the type of teachers we are, and the type of teachers they need us to be. Tuesday, August 10, 2010. It s a blog! It s a book! .

To put clothes in your suitcase to take on a cruise;. I am out of control, and disturbing the peace;. And indigenous creatures, like stallions or geese.

Full List of Stuff White People Like. This blog is devoted to stuff that white people like. November 11, 2010 by clander. S resonance cannot be overstated. Do you remember the episode where Rayanne had the drug overdose? Sort of. Do you remember that choker necklace she wore? What were we thinking? As a ma.

Reflections on the Teaching and Learning of Math in the 21st Century. It is amazingly empowering to have the support of a strong, motivated, and inspirational group of people. What was the first piece of advice for this mother? September 21, 2010. This from a recent post. On the Rational Mathematics Education.

Mindful of the classical importance of a classical education, I snagged a paperback omnibus of Plato dialogues along the way. Thanks to the intellectual rigors from a lifetime of public education, my first classroom exposure to The Republic came as an aside in a post-baccalaureate lecture. For extra credit, we could read from the analogy of the cave, annotated.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011. I want to feel peace in my heart. Thursday, November 12, 2009. Upon initial view of this commercial, I immediately thought of a post I had written last year regarding the disparity in teacher attitudes regarding. Wednesday, November 11, 2009. The Disadvantages of an Elite Education. The Disadvantages of an Elite Education. Oh, and welcome me back. Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Truth as the Ultimate Defense.

December 30, 2013 by cattledog5. I long for the smell,. An old dirty rope,. Of boats, tied safe. Instead the cold touch,. Ice on my fingers,. October 5, 2013 by cattledog5. I chased him out of the baseball field and across the blacktop. I chased him past the swings and the slide and around the three cottonwood trees. The whole time, mewling in a high-pitched voice. Looking back, it seems incredibly st.