Monthly Archives May 2010

Not For Sale


Before about 20 minutes ago, I’d never heard of Kevin O’Keefe.  My introduction to him came via this blog post, which came up when I Googled an excerpt from an email I received earlier this week.  Based solely on that one blogpost, the only evaluation of Mr. O’Keefe I can give you is about his [...]

Progress Report: One Year Later


Last July I described how I used online mindmapping program MindMeister to organize my then-overwhelming mishmosh of personal and professional goals neatly into academic years.  Now that the 2009-2010 academic year is drawing to a close, I thought I’d publicly review (because I’m nothing if not accountable) whether or not I achieved each of my [...]

Meeting Horace


When Dr. Ted Sizer passed away this past October, I must admit I had never heard of him; however, for weeks following the sad news, Twitter was abuzz with educators extolling the virtues of Dr. Sizer’s contributions to education reform, specifically the books he authored known as the Horace trilogy: Horace’s Compromise, Horace’s School, and [...]