22
JUL
2015

Schooling Ourselves: The Opening of the American Mind (Huffington Post)

What does it mean to be open-minded? We hear this all the time. “You must open your mind.” “Be open-minded.” “Have an open mind.” To be open-minded is to be receptive to new ideas, opinions, arguments; with impartiality; without prejudice. Simply, to be willing to let go and allow for
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12
NOV
2014

The Common Core Standards: A Matter of One Nation (Huffington Post)

‘We the people… in order to form a more perfect union…’ There have been statements made throughout the history of the United States of America that have served in defining a nation bound together by certain beliefs, ideals, that forged a pathway, a blueprint for what it means to be fr
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14
AUG
2014

Education, Education, Education and the Role We Play in Its Unfolding (Huffington Post)

My daughter was five years old when she turned to her favorite stuffed animal during one of my many moments of distraction via the telephone and expressed with a veracity that only finds itself when we are present with the moment, “Education! Education! Education! All my daddy ever ta
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