An Educator Who Changed Lives: Irene B. West
At a time when teachers are burned out and leaving, when teacher shortages are growing, it’s useful to learn about a beloved educator who inspired...
Category : Love
“We Found a Baby on the Subway”–A Lovely Story
This is a beautiful story. It happened in New York City. A man was rushing to have dinner with his new friend when he saw...
A Wonderful Typo! We Need Common CARE Standards!
Recently Tom Ultican responded to something I posted on Twitter. His response contained a typo. He meant to write “Common Core Standards,” but mistakenly wrote...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Drum Major Instinct
Today is a national holiday in which we remember the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate his legacy of justice, equality, and peace....
Maria Popova: The Greatest LGBT Love Letters of All Time
Maria Popova is a voracious reader. She posts her reflections on literature, which she calls “Brain Pickings.” She reads widely and writes about whatever interests...
Boston: “Here’s Monica, with a Sea of People Behind Her”
This is a story of a community organizer, Monica Cannon-Grant, who has used her character, determination, and passion to create a force on behalf of...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Non-Violence
The following assemblage of citations from Dr. King’s life was prepared by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. Nonviolence...
Teachers and Principals in Oakland Give More to Neediest than Billionaires
The blog started today with an account of the paltry amounts of money that our leading edu-philanthropists are contributing to alleviate the suffering of students...
A Teacher in South Dakota: I Will Not Send Home Any Packets
A teacher in South Dakota writes here about her love of teaching, her love of her students, and how she is handling the current crisis....