When I was a child I would often visit my grandparents while my parents worked. My grandmother kept a small pad of paper and pencil on top of her 1930’s floor model radio. Everyday she would write down the date and the high and low temperatures for the day. ItContinue Reading
We have gone from being a society of communities to a society of networks. The difference between community and network…? A century ago we lived in communities, extended families of multiple generations. Everyone knew everyone else, and everybody knew everybody’s business. Families produced whatever the community needed. It was notContinue Reading
There’s an old joke about getting lost in the country and asking directions from the elderly farmer rocking on his front porch. The punch line is “Nope, can’t get there from here.” That pretty much sums up how we feel about efforts to change education. We all agree thatContinue Reading