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Continue reading →: About learning: It’s like riding a bike, but first you have to learnGood teachers never take for granted that learning can be difficult!
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Continue reading →: About Muhammad Ali: Let your kids rebel … a littleOur most enduring memories are forged during our middle school years. I was very saddened by the passing this year of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. I feel like I grew up with Ali. I was ten when The Fight of the Century was fought between Ali and Joe Frazier,…
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Continue reading →: About a teacher: Not just a “Regular Guy”Last spring I had the opportunity to attend the world premiere of a film by a young and astounding filmmaker. Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion is a documentary about the history of the 1964 World’s Fair and especially the New York Pavilion. The filmmaker is a teacher from our…
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Continue reading →: About a song: What does it “mean”?This was only a brief snapshot of a terrific learning moment but I promised myself I would share what I observed because, at our school, we are all LEARNERS! Thanks Bess!
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Continue reading →: About an ordinary life: Encyclopedia entries
Somebody recommended this idea as a cure for writers block. Amy Krause Rosenthal wrote a neat little book titled Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. The book flap states that she “ingeniously adapted the centuries-old format of the encyclopedia to convey the accumulated knowledge of her lifetime in a poignant, wise,…
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Continue reading →: About my #OneWord: Nurture
My one word for 2016 is Nurture, as in relationships. For 2016 my goal is to reflect more on and devote greater energy to the relationships I have with everyone in my life… One of the most powerful mentors in my life, my friend and former principal (now retired), Bob…
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Continue reading →: About violence and children: What’s a big number?My daughter is only five years old; she’s in kindergarten. The other day we were watching the news and there was a story about a fire that occurred in my old neighborhood in Brooklyn. Tragically, two people perished in the fire. My daughter, overhearing the story, asked me, “Two people —…
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Continue reading →: About…The Wheels on the Bus?I have been a middle school principal for 15 years. It doesn’t seem like a long time to me. The thing about working in a school, there are certain rituals and procedures that are repeated in the same way every single year. As a teacher I never did a lesson twice…
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Continue reading →: About capacity building: A presentation to the Long Island LGBT ForumHere are slides we used to discuss the Opportunities and Challenges of starting a GSA in your school. A forum held on November 6, 2015 sponsored by LGBTeach at SUNY Old Westbury.
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Continue reading →: About Belonging: My “Ted Talk” at NYSMSA “Why you need a GSA at your school.”
I was invited to speak at the New York State Middle School Association (NYSMSA) Annual Conference. I spoke on the topic: Why your middle school needs to have a Gay Straight Alliance. I hope you’ll watch and share. THANKS!!
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