This blog is very long, but I hope it is helpful to teachers, administrators and educational advocates. Due to its length, I have also...

Let’s begin our short chat with the reality of the professional world.  When I was in my sixth year of teaching in 2001, my principal...

Professional frustration occurs in every job to varying degrees; however, I have never experienced the same levels of isolated...

Several decades ago, I attended an August meeting with the associate superintendent of elementary schools in a large urban school...

There is a companion white paper to this blog that includes an executive summary. An interested educator may find that short...

Over the last four decades, I have come to realize that a myriad of qualitative evaluations are processed in real time during job...

In 2011, Senate Bill (SB) 6 was signed into law, and it permitted Texas school district administrators the freedom to choose their own...

My wife and I just finished walking our third ‘El Camino’ in Spain three weeks ago. There are two major walking routes that stretch from...

Numeracy gaps and literacy gaps are the two main academic hurdles in elementary schools, especially Title 1 campuses. Moreover, the...

The vast majority of states have moved toward digital standardized testing. They have done this for a couple reasons. First, MONEY! It...

I am not a big volleyball fan. But, throughout my life, I played a lot of different sports and activities including volleyball. Last...

On July 20th, 1969, mankind demonstrated the ability to place men on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth. This space journey is...

I find the title of this blog interesting because as humans – I would hope that when folks perform poorly at some manageable task or...

About twenty-five years ago, I was a passenger in a car returning to Austin. I was part of a three-member structural engineering team on...

After years of visiting Title 1 elementary charters and traditional public schools, I am constantly amazed at the minimal number of...

NOPE! The usual suspects of endless blame are not the reason poor academic math results in American public schools. In fact, a...

Awhile back, I attended a national charter school founder’s lecture about his experiences opening new schools across the country. After...

I have heard the expression – Teaching to the Test – for many years, but I had not deeply considered the thinking behind the phrase until...

The macroeconomic theory of trickle-down corporate tax cuts has been a mainstay for conservative politicians and economists for nearly a...

The daily teaching of math word problems is essential if students are to become adept problem solvers. The consistency of a daily routine...