Tom was recently editing a scene where two girls confront a third about saying something mean. There are many levels present in the scene, including the social pecking order that tempted L to say the mean thing: wanting to ingratiate … Continue reading
I have been corresponding with Howard Katzoff, who has a website called Mr.Katzoff.org He reprinted there an article that was published in Newsday in April of 2008, about the exciting middle school that he taught in in the 1970′s http://mrkatzoff.org/2009/09/once-upon-a-time-in-shoreham, … Continue reading
Got another rejection letter in my effort to find funding yesterday. That makes three recently. Mostly they remind us that times are tough and there are lots of people hoping for money from shrinking pots. ITVS (the Independent Television Service, … Continue reading
In a few minutes I’ll leave the windowless workspace where Tom and I edit, and head down the road to the school I taught in for decades, to volunteer. Fridays are still Campus Care time, an outgrowth of cleaning out … Continue reading
Congressman Joe Baca has taken a principled stand on an issue dear to my heart, as you will have gathered if you have been following this blog. High stakes standardized testing threatens to at the least eviscerate the kind of … Continue reading
It’s already more than a week since I drove down to Fresno with 3 dynamic women to join the Freedom in Education meeting the father and son team of Rog and Joe Lucido had put together. Rog is a retired … Continue reading
After several sometimes enjoyable, sometimes frustrating days of designing business cards for Tom and I to hand people after answering the question “What are you up to?”, I just finished slicing them apart. The day is slowly approaching when I … Continue reading
I had good initial conversations with 3 people from the world of education this week—well, two were email correspondences, and one was a real voice on the other end of the phone. Each is working on a different piece of … Continue reading
Here are three quotations to think about:“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts.” Albert Einstein “Measurable outcomes may be the least significant results of education.” Linda McNeil, Rice University,“…the main aim of … Continue reading
The front page of the Datebook section of the SF Chronicle today had a big article about anorexia. It reminded me of a film I have been reading about, RACE TO NOWHERE– http://www.reellinkfilms.com/ and a conversation I had recently with … Continue reading