Initiative Overload?

It is not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? Henry David Thoreau Teachers are feeling overwhelmed by the number of initiatives their schools and districts are enforcing. We would just need to take one look at teacher inboxes,...

Changing the Teacher

I have recently been asked to mentor a fellow English teacher as she works toward through the National Board certification process http://www.nbpts.org. I am elated to support someone else in the journey to add NBCT endorsement to her credentials. And I am reminded of...

A Sense of Place

I am writing this aboard a flight from the east coast, where I have just visited with my adult children, back to Louisville. I have always been fascinated with travel, not only as a means to experience distant places firsthand, but as an opportunity to leap the...