A good rule of thumb: Whenever something is taken away from students - field trips, clubs, learning opportunities, athletic events, assemblies, technology, traditions, supplies, time for play, or anything else…

Someone fairly well-known said something remarkably complimentary about me sometime last month. It was one of the best things that could ever be said about me as a teacher or…

I am terrible at identifying types of things. It's probably my lack of attention to detail, but it's also ridiculous. I honestly can't identify so many specific types of things…

At the beginning of every year, I establish a list of goals (or New Year’s resolutions) for the coming calendar year. I post this list on my blog and social…

At the end of each month, and now at the end of the year, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). Overall, I completed…

On the eve of a new year, I am reminded of something a student once told me about celebrating New Year's Eve at home with his family: "Boy, was my…

Sometimes, the universe does you a solid. On Thursday evening, I took Charlie to his very first Celtics game at the Garden. The Celtics were playing the Pistons, which promised…

Over the years, my students have built me Lego scenes from Shakespearean stories that we read. Hamlet. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Romeo and Juliet. Most recently, a scene from Macbeth.…

One of my goals for 2023 was to write to six authors whom I adore. I finally got around to it in November. I expected nothing in return. I simply…

My children are physically incapable of speaking when we watch movies at home. It's incredibly annoying. Frustrating and awful. Thankfully, they don't speak in actual movie theaters because they aren't…