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You Know Who Likes to Travel, People Who Don’t.
Something odd is happening this week. Actually in education, something odd happens on a daily basis, but this is unusually odd. My wife and I are both traveling for work. What is so odd about that? You...
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Travel Does Stink, but Alan November was Great.
I survived my first business related travel experience. Barely. There were a couple of bumps in the road (get it… travel… bumps in the road… you don’t get this type of 5th grade humor just anywhere…...
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Strangers Always Have an Opinion About Education.
Vacations are nice. Coming home afterwards is better. It is always an experience to get out and see different parts of the country. An even better experience is sleeping in my own bed. Yesterday was a...
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Labor Day is Here: Which Means I Have a Lot to Do.
The arrival of September tells me one thing. I am woefully behind. As an educator, I realize how lucky I am to have a job that gives me some time off during the summer months. The only problem is that...
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Which Grade Should You Teach? I Can Help.
As I travel this great country of ours (back and forth to work), the question I am asked most often is… “How do I know which grade level I should teach?” Future educators seem to be confused by the...
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Travel Stinks. Now Quit Complaining.
When I was a kid, I never traveled. If I couldn’t get there on my bike, I didn’t go. I didn’t have the chance to ride a train, fly, or even take a cab. Vacations were what other people took. As I have...
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Airplanes Are Giant Tubes of Infection.
This may be my best blog title ever. Or the most disturbing. Now that I think about it, it’s probably both. When I flew to Miami, my main concern was not crashing into anything (primarily the ground)....
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10 Years Ago: I Was Younger and an Idiot.
A single meeting can drag on for hours. Days last forever. And weeks seem like they will never end. How is it that a decade can fly by so quickly? By my estimation decades are about 10 years long...
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Flying is Cool.
As I type, I’m on my way to San Antonio, Texas. You know it’s the home of The Alamo (which I’m sorry to say is on my ever-growing list of disappointing national landmarks). The good news is I’m not...
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Discovery Education: Beyond the Textbook Forum.
The easiest blog to write is on the topic of how I love free stuff (but I think I’ve already written that blog… a couple of times). Any day I get free stuff is a good day (for the record these days...
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