I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. –Mark Twain As I continue to try to wrap my head around the concept of formal education and why/how it needs to change, I’ve found it increasingly necessary to go back in history to read the arguments and proposals of…
Category: Reflection
NJEA Convention 2010: Five Thoughts
In no particular order, here are some of my ‘takeaways’ from NJEA Convention 2010: While I enjoy presenting, doing 5+ hours per day precludes me from attending interesting sessions and speakers (I was most disappointed about missing Sir Ken Robinson while he was in the same time zone as me). …
When Teachers Struggle
Although I live in Pennsylvania, I have worked in the New Jersey public school system my entire professional career, first as an English teacher, and currently as a school psychologist. If you follow politics in NJ, you know that much of the new governor’s platform rhetoric is built around getting…
What’s Worth Knowing?
I just finished reading the classic Teaching as a Subversive Activity. Much like my first time meeting Horace, I found myself energized and inspired by the authors’ commentary on the necessity for making significant changes in the way we educate young people in this country (and not a little incredulous…
Please Join Us For #spedchat
And thus was born #spedchat. Please join us on Twitter on Tuesday, 31 August at 8:30pm Eastern. We hope to make this a regular weekly event for educators (of all disciplines, not just special ed teachers), parents, students, and all other interested parties to discuss issues pertinent to special education….