“The Wave” is back — this time it’s not a high school experiment — The One America wave was posted all over Twitter this Sunday after the former president spoke at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio. The pictures that evening were posted by disgusted reporters who realized that the attendees were told to raise their right hand (only) and put up one finger. It…

“I would surely be fired if I taught the material I was so committed to teach”…aka: the truth — UPDATE TO STORY: Many readers are confused by the title’s premise that I would indeed be fired. Truth be told, I never for a moment thought my colleagues were correct — cynical, but wrong. …

And what can be done? — As a veteran of 32 high school campaigns, I have ‘Teacher Dreams.’ I am told that a great many teachers have similar ‘dreams’. Usually, I am back in a classroom or at a high school event like a pep rally floating in strange, surreal dreams. I find myself trying to…

Historians often remind us (because we clearly need reminding) that once there was ‘A Greatest Generation.’ The men and woman of all races and creeds took to the South Pacific Seas, the Normandy Beaches and the White Cliffs of Dover to dismantle murderous regimes. But there was so much more…

Want to Increase Teacher Recruitment and Quality? — Do I even need to regal you with the depressing stories of teachers quitting their jobs because they can’t afford to live on only a teacher’s salary? Do I have to narrate the journey of the teacher working two jobs during the school year? And then working full time during…

The New Mad Men of Advertising — They are all over Instagram and TikTok. They lie with the best of them. The Mad Men of Marketing’s yesteryear have nothing on them. And the kicker is that you the innocent scroller are often caught in in their web of advertising evil. They are THE INFLUENCERS! Let’s check off…

It’s Just Segregation and Isolation Revisited — “There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.” — Atticus Finch I taught To Kill a Mockingbird for 32 years to high school freshmen. The students were from every ethnic background, and every religious persuasion…

He’ll Exit the Stage to Russia or Saudi Arabia — The more I understand the 91 criminal and civil counts against the former president, the more it becomes obvious that three things are certain: First, he will be guilty of a felony in either a federal or state court; second, he will never be in that courtroom when the verdict…

1989: Bruce Hornsby’s Look Out Any Window If you happen to still watch the thirty-minute even news, and that touches on a smaller slice of the American public each year, you will be treated to the following: The A Block (before the first commercial for drugs for people with a…