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Education Is a Hot-Button Issue Again…We’re All Doomed!

Recently, a new governor was elected in the fine state of Virginia. Virginia has some eccentric habits when it comes to electing governors…

4 min readNov 11, 2021

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Education Is a Hot-Button Issue Again…We’re All Doomed!

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A List Of All The Truths COVID Has Revealed About Public Education…

…that we didn’t already know.

5 min readDec 23, 2020

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A List Of All The Truths COVID Has Revealed About Public Education…

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Suffer The Children: Growing Up In The Shadow of the Doomsday Clock

Young people are an anxious bunch these days.

8 min readFeb 13, 2020

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Suffer The Children: Growing Up In The Shadow of the Doomsday Clock

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Skinner’s Revenge: The Absurd Future of Artificial Intelligence in Schools

In some schools in China, students are sitting in classrooms with “brain wave trackers” strapped to their heads. The little devices are…

5 min readJan 28, 2020

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Skinner’s Revenge: The Absurd Future of Artificial Intelligence in Schools

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The Delicate Magic of Teacher-Student Relationships

“Love is at the root of everything: all learning, all parenting, all relationships — love or the lack of it.” Fred Rogers

5 min readDec 4, 2019

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The Delicate Magic of Teacher-Student Relationships

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Educators Strike Back: Why Teachers Walk Out

When Chicago teachers took to the picket lines on October 17, they garnered plenty of national press attention. After all, the public…

5 min readOct 18, 2019

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Educators Strike Back: Why Teachers Walk Out

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Your Exciting New Educational Innovation Is Going to Fail.

Imagine you are a freshly minted school principal full of ambition and energy, and you are excited to be an instructional leader. Imagine…

4 min readSep 20, 2019

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Your Exciting New Educational Innovation Is Going to Fail.

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Disruption At Any Costs: The Curse of Innovation in Education

The folks making headlines in the education business these days, whether they be teachers, principals, consultants, or politicians, always…

5 min readSep 4, 2019

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Disruption At Any Costs: The Curse of Innovation in Education

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Active Shooter Training Is Not Just A Waste of Time and Money. It is Actually Much Worse.

Several years ago, I arrived to work to discover a huge line of cars in front of the school where I teach. The cars were being turned away…

6 min readAug 30, 2019

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Active Shooter Training Is Not Just A Waste of Time and Money. It is Actually Much Worse.

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Social Emotional Learning In Schools: A Futile Attempt To Engineer Personalities

Educators are well-meaning, wonderful people. I have been working hard and meaning well for over twenty years as a professional educator…

5 min readAug 5, 2019

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Social Emotional Learning In Schools: A Futile Attempt To Engineer Personalities

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Bloolight

Bloolight

I am a National Board Certified physics teacher with 22 years of experience and lots of opinions about the world of education.

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