Yep, definitely coming up to that time of year– when the grilling weather is still good (have that slow cooking sweet potato on the grill as I type), the energy of the school across the street still reverbs despite an emptied early evening building, and there’s that focused attention on all the good sports to [...]
I enjoyed the topic of my church meeting this morning, an opening welcome meeting for the start of the new academic school year: The first point from Acts 17:23-27; Romans 16:25-26 and 1 Corinthians 2:7-8: God is a mystery. The central focus from a number of verses in Colossians chapters 1-4, and Romans 10:13-14: Christ [...]
So it was a bit rainy on Friday into Saturday, but still, no reason to put off the planned visit to the famous Brimfield Flea (or Antique) Market, touted in my recent Budget Travel magazine as the largest in the country and excitedly talked about by S. Much, much to look at in the good [...]
It’s the morning of September 11th, and just spending some moments before an appointment remembering and reflecting. Thoughts of where I was (as most of us can probably recall) eight years ago: likely misplacing my freshly printed lesson plan as students filed in to my U.S. History class at Concord Academy. A late arriving student [...]
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It took me a little while to figure out, but I think I know why I’ve been a bit more pensive and all let’s-think-about-big-goals-and-the-future over the past couple of days. If I unloaded any of that on you, family and friends, I hereby apologize! heh We’ve come to the start of a new year. Really. [...]
Okay, having transferred from the University of Virginia to William and Mary after my sophomore year, this news is worth a mention. I was actually at UVa when Tiki Barber (I believe that was the brother) was a player on the team, but having moved to W&M, you have to root for the ‘warm up [...]
Ok, so it’s part responsibility and part the draw of being part of a longstanding Labor Day tradition–doing a bit of lawn care (and eventually getting to the best part of it all.. summer grilled food). Being away for a good chunk of the summer in my travels to Southeast Asia, it was definitely my [...]
There are four or five days left to read through and comment on the proposed Accomplished Principal Standards for the National Boards for Professional Teaching Standards! Having participated on the Social Studies/History Standards Review Committee, let me tell you that all comments are read, discussed and addressed in some manner. It’s a good chance to [...]
That ongoing balance– Critical Skills and Core Knowledge
A worthwhile read in the paper today– an editorial by Diane Ravitch that questions the overly-quick adherence to the call for a focus on 21st century skills in our schools. DIANE RAVITCH Critical thinking? You need knowledge By Diane Ravitch | September 15, 2009 THE LATEST fad to sweep K-12 education is called “21st-Century Skills.’’ [...]