First things first: I appreciate the need for peer review and understand why we have academic journals. I’m not the person you need to convince that any work any scientist or academic publishes needs to be scrutinized with as many eyeballs as possible. My issues lie in how that work…

Universal truth: COVID-19 changed education forever. The pandemic affected every area of education. The pandemic exposed weaknesses in our educational system; kids were left unconnected for months, systems failed, administrators panicked, students felt abandoned, and teachers just had to do more and more every day. As a result, teachers are…

Public education is facing an unprecedented level of hatred from conservative Americans right now. New laws are being crafted to punish teachers for teaching content that is not “approved” by parent groups or might be offensive and entire curricula and books are being banned. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/heres-the-long-list-of-topics-republicans-want-banned-from-the-classroom/2022/02 https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-anti-critical-race-theory-bills-are-taking-aim-at-teachers/

In case you haven’t heard, an assistant principal was recently fired because he chose to read the children’s book “I Need a New Butt” to a group of students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/11/toby-price-principal-fired-childrens-book/ Toby Price found out that, even though this is the dumbest reason for firing anyone in the history of ever…

OK, this is a total brain dump post as I just need to get some thoughts down. My mind is racing with ideas and I just need to write. But I’m going to share this with you because… reasons… I love reading. However, I’ve not always been the most dedicated…

It’s time for educators to make honor a core value in schools. It’s time to build honor into our curriculums and establish it as one of the primary social and emotional learning goals we work to help students achieve. Thomas Guskey Full disclosure: I am a reformed honor roll student…

One of the most fulfilling tasks I do on a regular basis is updating my commonplace book. What’s a commonplace book? Simple: it’s a place to store all those quotes, lyrics, poems, passages, etc. that mean something to you. It’s a way to store all the things you read, regardless…

I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch for anyone to admit that social media is not always the best tool to introduce to students, especially when we don’t talk about digital citizenship in schools. The role of social media in spreading panic among primary and secondary school students…