To this blog, I plan on adding some book and movie reviews of all kinds which we can use in the classroom or as resources […]
Christmas Music – It’s Time
As a teacher, I really enjoyed playing music for my students as they worked. My architectural drafting teacher offered that (music while we worked) in […]
May Our Lives Have Flavor
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 […]
The Stuff That Works, The Stuff That Holds Up
Stuff that works, stuff that holds upThe kind of stuff you don’t hang on the wallStuff that’s real, stuff you feelThe kind of stuff you […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]