My former high school vice principal and Toll Gate principal Stephen Chrabaszcz passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday.I am so saddened over this news.From the Providence Journal: “Those who knew him…
A bit of writing advice:If you hope to be published someday (or even write something good), write the thing that only you can write. There are better writers than you in…
Attention politicians, policy wonks, educational advocates, professors of education, and anyone else who wants to have a say in education:"Every human being who wants to have an opinion of American…
This isn't a post about the athletes who are kneeling or sitting during the singing of the national anthem. When it comes to that particular form of protest, I would…
I received advice on my hair from a student this week in the form of a post-script. Sadly, he was stone-cold sincere.
School buses are most often painted yellow because the color attracts attention and is noticed quickly by peripheral vision. In fact, the human eye detects yellow faster than any other…
This summer I spoke at the Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, NH about my latest novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. A local television news crew recorded the event…
My son's ongoing obsession with water treatment facilities, electrical grids, and underlying infrastructure of our world (and more recently, the human body) perhaps reached its apex this week when he asked…
Here's a little secret about me that I've never shared with anyone before:Every time I tie my shoes, I think of Mrs. Carroll, the teaching assistant who sat at a…
Willy Wonka. Charlie Bucket.Augustus Gloop.Veruca Salt. Violet Beauregarde.Grandpa Joe.Grandma Georgina.The Oompa Loompas. Amazing, perfect, ingenious character names from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, written by master storyteller Roald Dahl, who was born…
