Every, once in a while I come across ideas which would make for great student learning. Here is one of those ideas… I have been wanting to write about this ancient center of learning for quite some time. I believe that in order to inspire our students, we should teach […]
March Madness, a Changed Life, and a Question
What exactly is the end outcome that we want from the public education process as our students leave our schools and school systems? I have railed against standardized testing until I am blue in the face. It is a process which is miserably failing our students. It is robbing them […]
The Value of Publishing Student Work
We were in Livingston, Montana, a couple of years ago. After cooking for ourselves all week in a cabin which sat high on a mountain ridge of the Paradise Valley, we decided to traipse into town for some “real food.” Mainly, we were looking for a good place to have […]
The Promise: A Movie Review and Remembering the Armenian Genocide
I didn’t know much about the Armenian genocide until I watched The Promise(2016) several years ago. This weekend, I rewatched it again. It has a 91% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. From the years 1914-1923, between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians were systemically murdered. This event is often not […]
Johnson City Schools Names Three Superintendent Finalists
Dr. Joshua Carter(Principal Science Hill), Dr. Corey Gardenhour(Principal of Robinson Middle School/Former Superintendent of Elizabethton City Schools), and Dr. Erin Slater(Superintendent Fort Madison Community School District in Iowa) have been named as the three finalists for the superintendent’s job in Johnson City. https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/candidates-identified-in-jcs-superintendent-search/article_3ceba09c-f89c-11ef-849a-9f878412361d.html This is a sweet and sour deal […]
TSSAA Passes One Time Transfer Rule – Sort of….
The TSSAA finally passed a one time transfer rule. They were forced to pass something as the Tennessee legislature has floated a bill that would usurp control of that specific issue from TSSAA oversight. The old TSSAA rule would have interfered with voucher and school choice legislation which had recently […]
Kingsport City Schools Bans Parents From School Cafeterias
It just keeps getting weirder by the minute, folks. Recently, there have been a litany of questionable decisions by the leaders of Kingsport’s school system. KCS painted over the Indian in J Fred. “Indians” has been removed from the new basketball court. We have been rebranded “The Tribe” without so […]
Building Engaging Learning Environments: Integrating Modern Technology Into the Classroom
First and foremost, I feel like we are corrupting a beautiful resource(computers) in our modern educational environments. How is that? We are far too often using computers primarily to gather immense amounts of student testing data. Instead, we need to be teaching students how use technology as a powerful resource […]
Movie Review: Gifted Hands and The Story of Dr Ben Carson
This is kind of a short post today. I am an avid movie watcher. You also know me as a conservative Christian. So, when I see a great movie about a conservative American, I jump at the chance to watch it. Ben Carson is most recently known for his work […]
The Persecution of Christian Educators: A Collection of Three Previous Blog Posts
Sometimes an unintentional but common theme appears in my writing. It just shows up over time. The persecution of Christian educators is a real problem in public education. They need our prayers, and at times, our intervention. I am placing all three articles in one post so folks don’t have […]