Happy 2022: Protect Your Health and the Health of Your Family and Community
Have a happy, HEALTHY New Year! Get vaccinated if you haven’t already, although I can’t believe that any reader of this blog would not be...
Category : Joy
Fred Smith: Christmas Greetings to All
Fred Smith published his annual Christmas poem in the New York Daily News and shares it her with us. Fred was for many the director...
Merry Christmas from the Network for Public Education!
Dear Friends, NPE wishes you happy holidays and Merry Christmas! Open the link to learn about our plans for 2022. Join us in our work...
A Grand Virtual Festival to Honor Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson inspired educators around the world with his vision of child-centered schools that focused on imagination, creativity, the arts, and the joy of...
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...
The Snow Day Letter That Went Viral
The first snow storm of the season raged up the Eastern seaboard! Students thought they might have a snow day, but in some districts, the...
President-Elect Joe Biden!
Joe Biden passed the 270-vote in the electoral college! He won Pennsylvania, with leads in Arizona and Nevada. It is a very good day for...
Doris Day with Good Advice for You
Joe Jersey says: Thanks for this trip down memory lane from when I was a kid. From wikipedia: Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff;...
Maria Popova on Keith Haring, Art, Love and Courage
I chose to include this link on my birthday because it gave me an hour of aesthetic joy, following its links. Maria Popova is a...
David Berliner: Kids Missing School? Don’t Worry.
David Berliner, one of our nation’s most eminent researchers, advises parents not to worry that their children are “falling behind.” School is important. Instruction is...