Imagine the glee on students faces when they arrive at their classroom in the morning to exclaim:

“Hey! We’ve got a Sub!”

For many students, a substitute teacher represents a free-for-all day, where the mettle of the sub is tested by normally well behaved students actin...

I had a few conversations yesterday with people who presently work in schools with students.

The first, particularly, was ironic.

This was a former teacher, principal, asst. superintendent, superintendent, and now, a 3rd grade teacher in her retirement. She was absolutel...

I love the term ‘life-long learner’.

Maybe because it gives me a pass for not knowing information or just being plain uninformed.

When I began my nonprofit organization, I did so thinking that I would save teens and young adults from “being ignorant” to the manners, beha...

It is October.

Fond memories of Halloweens, bonfires, Homecoming, and ironing brilliant leaves between waxed paper, fill my head.

I am reminded of costumes that were created over a series of days that left us breathless with hilarious laughter. Dressing up was such a ste...

Have you ever had that feeling that the deck is stacked against you?

Do you feel, in your heart, the unfairness of a situation, yet know you can do nothing to change it or make it better?

It chaps. It makes us bristle. We cry sometimes.

This may be true.

But little drops m...