October 18, 2023 Story 1: My first-ever air travel was BIG. I flew thousands of miles from Beijing to Minneapolis, then Milwaukee. I landed at Mitchell International Airport on March
October 3, 2023 It was the end of first quarter, and I was sitting across the table from a pair of very concerned parents. Their student had struggled so far
September 20, 2023 I was asked yesterday by a teacher how I am still going strong after 38 years in education (30 as a classroom teacher). Her school starts later
September 12, 2023 The Progressive Education movement started in the 1920s and went into a roar during the Depression led by advocates like John Dewey. It soon joined forces in
August 24. 2023 Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak to school superintendents, instructional superintendents, principals, CTOs, and other school leaders about generative AI and education. When introducing
August 17, 2023 Academics, especially scientists, tend not to make statements they can’t back up with reams of documentation and sheaves of evidence. In these times of alternative facts, that’s
August 1, 2023 I’ll never forget the moment when I realized that some of my students hadn’t really understood much of anything in my chemistry class. Students had just completed
July 11, 2023 I asked ChatGPT to give me a list of well-known American artists. From Jackson Pollock to Robert Rauschenberg, not a single Asian American artist made it onto
July 10, 2023 In an age of book bans, technology bans, and polarized politics it’s hard to imagine anyone signing up to teach civics. To say the climate is bad
June 19, 2023 It was the third sunny day in May after weeks of dreadful rain. Looking longingly out of my office window in the nearly empty school building, I