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Read more about the article Thinking beyond the recipe

Thinking beyond the recipe

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 26, 2024
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When I met my wife, I could cook a few things. Chief among them was Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with hotdogs, which my wife found delicious. Having been raised on…

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Read more about the article Teachers on a time clock

Teachers on a time clock

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 26, 2024
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It's come to my attention that one proposal in our current teacher contract negotiations requires teachers to arrive at school 30 minutes before the school day and remain at school…

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Read more about the article Trickle down economics was a joke gone very wrong

Trickle down economics was a joke gone very wrong

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 25, 2024
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Trickle-down economics was first embraced by Ronald Reagan in 1980. It refers to economic policies that disproportionately favor the upper tier of the economic spectrum, comprised of wealthy individuals and…

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Read more about the article No more guitar solos

No more guitar solos

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 24, 2024
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The last rock song to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was Nickelback's "How You Remind Me." It was released in August 2001 and peaked at #1 on…

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Read more about the article Steve saw me.

Steve saw me.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 23, 2024
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Over the past 26 years as a teacher, I have received an untold number of hours of professional development. A glacier of training. An ice age of strategies, readings, worksheets,…

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Read more about the article No inner monologue?

No inner monologue?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 23, 2024
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A new study shows that not everyone has an “inner voice” in their heads. The extent and intensity of that voice vary considerably from person to person, impacting how people…

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Read more about the article Why the fire swallower worried me so much

Why the fire swallower worried me so much

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 22, 2024
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More than a decade ago, I was officiating a wedding for a couple at a cabin on a campground in Maine. I'd call her a friend, but until I arrived…

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Read more about the article Termites are better than us

Termites are better than us

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 21, 2024
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A new study of termite mounds near the Buffels River in Namaqualand, South Africa, has dated the mounds to be 34,000 years old and shows that they are still inhabited…

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Read more about the article Too much regulation isn’t nearly as bad as too little

Too much regulation isn’t nearly as bad as too little

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 20, 2024
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When politicians — usually Republicans — and their corporate interests rail against government regulation, we should rightly point to incidents like the Love Canal, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the…

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Read more about the article Sometimes you need a coach

Sometimes you need a coach

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 19, 2024
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Almost two decades ago, a friend named Tom tossed a set of golf clubs into the back of my truck — purchased at a garage sale for $10 — and…

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