Reading opens the door to academic and career success, imagination, knowledge, understanding of others, compassion, and so much more. As educators, we can give students no greater gift than positive reading experiences and sufficient opportunity to practice the skill. Need suggestions? Here are a few creative ideas I’ve …Read More

As a 20-year-old, I had a burning desire to be a missionary pilot.  But I didn’t look forward to just one thing about the job.  I didn’t like the need for continual education. So after a failed attempt at pilot training, I decided to pour my energy into …Read More

After I read an article in which a teacher discussed relating to different groups of students, I commented to a friend that I think “my kind” of students are the ADHD children. My friend agreed, “Yes, you do well with them.” This is not her area—she understands those …Read More

Every object, said Mr. Newton, tends to remain at rest, or to continue in a straight line until compelled to change by external forces. The same is true of children, who have an inordinate fondness for continuing to do what they are already doing. What external forces are …Read More

In 1852, Massachusetts rallied the troops for a headlong charge down the compulsory education path. Since that time, America has been functioning on the basis that every child has a right to an education. One hundred fifty years downstream, we must ask ourselves where “education as a child’s …Read More