Doing the Right Thing
Today I visited the classroom of one of our 1st Grade teachers. Let’s call her Mrs. Dovetail. She was busy organizing her students into small groups, each group working on […]
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Bronx Charter School for Better Learning
Coming Out at Work
The Michael J. Fox Foundation once again came out with a great document…this time about coming out at work with your PD diagnosis. To download, click here: Sharing Your PD
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Conscientious 2nd Grade Students
Here’s why I enjoy working with the students and teachers at my public charter school in the Bronx: The school’s pedagogy, including its unusual materials and techniques, sparks the kids’
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The Sun in Children’s Poetry
To celebrate tomorrow’s solstice, I’m posting the following poems, which were written by students at my school, the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning. All poems mention the sun. For additional
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The Sun in Poetry
Spring Spring Breeze passing through your hair Wind rushing past your hand Like 100 people pushing, shoving to see Langston Hughes When your cheeks turn cherry And when the air
The Sun in Poetry
This poem was written by a 4th Grade student at my school, the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning. It happened a few years ago. Her teacher gave the students 20
Charter School Update #3
My charter school’s 1st group of students (about 50 first graders twelve years ago) are now graduating from high school and heading off to college. We’ve followed them through middle and
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Charter School Update #2
Our 5th Grade has spent the past few weeks reading and writing all kinds of poetry. This week they invited me into their class so they could read some of
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Charter School Update #1
Every morning my school, the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, broadcasts a 15-minute Morning Meeting show from the office of our principal, Mr. Shubert Jacobs. A handful of students
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The Sometimes Tremors
The NY Times has a quasi-humorous – no, a full-fledged humorous – story of a man with Parkinson’s disease whose shop gets burgled. Elias Lifshitz emigrated from Mexico to Manhattan
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