And I’m okay with a decent amount of math, too. But the bottom line is that the pendulum has swung TOO far and this op-ed article in Monday’s NYT sums up quite nicely the direction in which I *wish* education was headed.
What I wouldn’t give to teach in the (theoretical) third grade classroom [...]
Okay, so I’m still in the Back-to-School cocoon. But I’m enjoying my third graders and hope – soon – to get back to the *rest* of my life. In the meantime, I expect in the next few days I’ll post about several terrific books I picked up at a recent SCBWI event. And a post [...]
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I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a degree in Language and Literacy, and later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.