January 8, 2024 Thinking of writing a book? Our current book, 21 Visual Thinking Tools for the Classroom: Developing Real-World Problem Solvers in Grades 5-10, is designed to specifically help
January 5, 2024 No two persons ever read the same book. —Edmund Wilson My grandfather passed away when I was 11 years old. He was a remarkable man, as I
January 3, 2024 Dear Dr. Saline, One of my resolutions for the new year is to be more productive at home and at work. I’m prone to procrastination and think
January 2, 2024 Collaboration. It’s an educational buzzword tossed around with the ease of confetti at a graduation ceremony. “Group projects!” we cheer, expecting instant synergy and innovation. But is
December 29, 2023 All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. —Friedrich Nietzsche I used to teach
December 27, 2023 “We expect that middle school will be an awful time,” acclaimed author Judith Warner reflected, during our phone conversation about her book And Then They Stopped Talking
December 26, 2023 I used to teach a semester long course on African History, dedicating about a week to the study of Islam and its early spread into North and
December 22, 2023 Miles Kingston, in a quote made famous by Irish rugby player Brian O’Driscoll, once said, “knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not
December 20, 2023 The legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality in 1989 although the concept had been knocking around in (especially black and lesbian) feminist circles since the
On November 28, I attended a truly excellent webinar conversation with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, hosted by Intrepid Ed News and OESIS. Once again, I was struck by the response