Who voted? WhoVille, the Grinch, Moving On #thefutureismymotivation
Now I know many of the readers of this blog are in the UK. Thank you for that :) And maybe you are not following what has happened in the US. Though I think...
Category: World Issues
To stand, to kneel, to teach
Many students and NFL players are following in the footsteps of Colin Kaepernick who has chosen to kneel during the national anthem before football games. This should speak loudly to the fact that people...
How deeply do culture and community impact schools?
Over the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of hearing from two well-known people from Hollywood that don’t really have an education background and yet their statements regarding education have given me...
Policies. Myths. Facts. Baltimore.
We talk about myths and facts in class a lot and how societal perceptions are very often based on myth. A lot of people think white privilege is a myth. It is not. I...
The gift of giving food to the hungry
Hunger is a world issue. There are many people and foundations who help feed those in need. My son, Brae, age 10, has developed his own project to feed the hungry and it is...
Skateistan changing the lives of young girls in Afghanistan #whyskateboarding
Given the current problems in Afghanistan (and in the world) you would imagine that skateboarding is probably the the last thing anyone in the right mind would care about, right? Well, check out this...
Woman forced to resign after marrying partner of 14 years
Some of us have equality. Some of us do not. This is a true statement even here in the land of the free, the United States. It’s great to say all people should be...
