Sunday, December 28, 2014

A Nation at Risk, Again! (Part One) The Imperative for preventing our leaders from selling a generation of children into indentured servitude.

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The once unchallenged moral authority of our nation is at risk. This source of pride and self-assuredness has been an implicit endorseme...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Response to Cuomo letter

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This is my response to  the letter written by Jim Malatras , Director of State Operations for Governor Cuomo. His letter to the NYSED c...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

In keeping with the holiday spirit: thankfulness, a Christmas wish, and a new year's resolution.

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     Thanksgiving has passed, and Christmas is around the corner with a new year not far behind. It's a strange day in New York public s...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Wondering what it's worth

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Times Union's opinion blog featured a story about NYSED's 10/20 announcement that there were new pathways to graduation-ones that...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Just for the fun of it

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This was something I just had some fun with. Amtrak was doing a writing "residency" where aspiring writers applied and sent in wr...
Monday, October 6, 2014

NY Assembly members meet with educators

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It was nice to have been in a room with many others from so many different places. I have seen Assemblywoman Lifton in her office on a few o...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

My Father in Law. I'm sure he'll be watching my every move.

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My father-in-law. I could not have asked for a better "extra dad". This man was pretty damn awesome...I mean, he's the reason...