by Michael Chancellor | Nov 19, 2020 | Opinion
The ongoing uncontrolled pandemic is affecting our nation in profound ways. I see an increase of cultural depression and anxiety. I call it such because it is like a kind of “flu” affecting so many in our society. There are always folks who suffer from depression and...
by Ed Hogan | Apr 3, 2020 | Opinion
I have been fortunate enough to enjoy two careers. They are much more alike than they are different, so I guess you could say I have had one calling – teaching – and two distinctly different audiences. Some people are surprised when I tell them that teaching “The...
by Trevor Barton | Feb 27, 2020 | Opinion
Experiencing homelessness was a topic of conversation in my elementary school classroom several years ago. This has been on my mind lately; it means as much now as it did then. My students had questions about the central character in the story, “Fly Away Home,”...
by Trevor Barton | Dec 23, 2019 | Opinion
A meaningful moment happened at lunch recently. They often do in elementary school cafeterias. We elementary school teachers eat lunch with our students. As we sit and eat our meat and three vegetables with them, we become listeners instead of talkers, we become...
by Stuart Blythe | Oct 21, 2019 | Opinion
I have attended a number of workshops in recent weeks that focused on learning and teaching in higher education (not what they were called but what they were). Since the time I first got a chance to do a post-graduate certificate in teaching and learning at the...
