Category Archives: Education
I Got Nothin’
Hiatus As some of you know, I had been lying low for a spell. I’ve been spending time chauffeuring (until my ”client” reached his 16th birthday) cooking, dog-walking, attempting to write, thinking about home repairs, doing some occasional YouTubery, reading. … Continue reading
Posted in Accessiblity, Content and Coffee, Content Strategy, Education, Invisible Fist
Tagged Chronic illness, Comeback, Content Strategy, MRI, Sabbatical
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STREAM Learning
Joy Loss It seems that everybody else has pushed out their opinion about schools, learning loss, and the (hypothetical) post-pandemic way forward. Thus, I’ll provide mine: the best thing that governments, schools, parents, communities…can do for children is to quit fixating … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education/Ed Tech, Uncategorized
Tagged Learning Loss, Restoring Joy, STREAM
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No Congress Left Behind
(originally published in 2019, thus refers to the “current US government shutdown” from that time. Though no need to worry, you can expect government shutdowns every 2, or 3 years for the rest of your lives.) My fellow Americans, we … Continue reading
Feeling Their Pain: Addressing Heavy-Backpack Syndrome
My son’s school held an event last week where parents were invited for coffee and conversation with the school principal. Some of the discussions were specific to the school, though many were more-universal topics: dress codes, athletics, standardized tests… for all of … Continue reading