Chase Your Creative Heroes This Summer
How well do you know your heroes? Last year was the summer I stalked Mark Twain. It started by chance, with me browsing at the library. I spotted the audiobook, Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers, and … Continued
3 Quick Ways to Ease Homework Headaches
In education, few issues are as hotly debated as homework. I have to chuckle at the viral posts about the “revolutionary new” homework policy of only sending home what isn’t completed at school — no busy work! That’s been our … Continued
What Epic Failure Taught Me About Learning
Recently, I got a big life lesson about the intelligences and what it feels like to smack up against failure. Our car was totaled a few days before Christmas, and I walked across the street from the body shop and … Continued