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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I've heard a lot of people talk about the value of learning to be bored. Kids, they say, need to learn to be bored from time to time. I don't…