Matthew 5: 13-16 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a […]
The Stuff That Works, The Stuff That Holds Up
Pinned: I wrote this as one of my first articles in November of 2024. I am gonna pin this bad boy to the top of the blog. Still rings true. Stuff that works, stuff that holds upThe kind of stuff you don’t hang on the wallStuff that’s real, stuff you […]
VOTE!!!!
If you are a conservative, get our there and vote. Know your candidates. Research them. Look at their voting record and the decisions they have made. Then, vote. Tired of your tax dollars leaving your neighborhoods for someone else’s projects? Vote. Tired of geopolitical chaos? Vote. Tired of educational bureaucrats […]
FOIA Requests, Community Driven Surveys, and More
Accountability. LEAs (local education agency) will be part of the focus of this blog moving forward. I think there is growing concern about the direction of our system here in Kingsport. It is time to talk. No more silence from me. 1. Something to think about as we proceed during […]
Being a Christian in Public Education: A Follow-Up Commentary
Every, single day it gets harder to be a Christian educator. This is a follow up to a post a few weeks ago. The theme of persecution is similar, but the content and perspective are a bit different. It is a good reminder worth repeating about the adversity which accompanies […]
Christmas 2024: A People Walking in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (volume 1)
Introduction: I was so fortunate to go to a private school in Knoxville that valued hands on learning. It also valued celebrating Christmas. We used to go to nursing homes and sing. I had terrible stage fright as a kid…unless I was singing Christmas music. Drummer Boy was my favorite. […]
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Cultivating Enjoyment in Reading
Cultivating enjoyment in reading might be the single, most important skill that we teach in school. Get it right, and students can do anything. Get it wrong, and doors could remain locked which would otherwise be open. Students, who are both at-risk and below-grade-level in reading, are more likely to […]
Time is Money: Stop Wasting Time w/ Frequent and Long Duration Meetings
In education, we need to learn to be prompt, efficient, and to the point with meetings. We have a “meeting” problem in education – meaning that we meet far too often and far too long when we do meet. People don’t like to work for inefficient organizations. I would work […]
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Time: Is It Really What We Think It Is???
Just the title makes my head spin. This was a well intended program which has just gotten weird and inconsistent. Put this in the category of non-academic things that school systems have delved into which waste academic instruction. Schools are not parents. They are not grandparents. They are not aunts […]
Educators: You Need to Always Have a Good Lawyer at Your Disposal
Getting and retaining a lawyer doesn’t mean you are guilty of a crime. It means you are wise. We often equate legal counsel with wrong doing. There are many times that educational professionals need legal counsel which have nothing to do with criminal activity nor wrong doing. In the Boy […]