When Dr. Ted Sizer passed away this past October, I must admit I had never heard of him; however, for weeks following the sad news, Twitter was abuzz with educators extolling the virtues of Dr. Sizer’s contributions to education reform, specifically the books he authored known as the Horace trilogy:…
Category: Professional Development
I Get Around
As is often the case with bloggers, the more active I get offline (or IRL, to those in the know), the less active I tend to be online, or at least on time- and thought-intensive pursuits like blogging. As usual, I have a few post ideas brewing, but at the…
Statement of Objectives and Interest
What are your vocational objectives and how will your matriculation in the _____ University Doctor of Education Program relate to them? All of the career decisions I have made in my ten years in public education have been guided by my desire to affect positive change in the lives of…
Exhaling at EduCon
Note: The bulk of this was written at nearly 11:30pm on Saturday, 30 January 2010, upon arriving home from EduCon 2.2. I just wanted to get these thoughts down before I went to bed and lost the feeling I had at the time; “post-production” tweaking was done with the benefit…
NJEA 2009: Teach > Tech
It’s been over a week since my two-day presenting stint at the New Jersey Education Association‘s annual statewide teacher’s convention in Atlantic City, and I have to say that, my crippling sinus infection notwithstanding, it was an incredible experience. Credit must be given where it’s due: I think the organizers…