Listen to Maxine Greene
Before I leave for my two week vacation in Italy, I wanted to post this lecture by Maxine Greene. I had the privilege of meeting Maxine in the early 1990's. I presented with my students at two of her conferences…
My Bill Ayers Moment
I must be a terrorist -- or at least have terrorist leanings. See, I have four books written or edited by Bill Ayers on my book shelf and I actually met the man at an education conference at Teachers College…
Coming Full Circle — Former Students as Teachers Redux
Below is the text of an email I received a couple of days ago from a former student from Masterman. She was in my Freshman English class in 1998-99 -- the first year that I taught at Masterman when I…
Teaching and the Election: What about a Teacher’s Political Views?
There have been many days this fall when I have been glad that I am currently not teaching. I would find it hard not to share my passionate support of Barack Obama and my intense disdain for the negative and…
Teaching with Integrity
After meeting with Deidre Farmbry and David Green and learning about their work with the Center for Evidenced Based Education (CEBE) , where I first heard about the work of Roger Martin and the Center for Integrative Thinking, I have…