Like most teachers, I’m a few weeks into the school year. I’ve dealt with shifting rosters, a classroom change, opening-school paperwork, and trying to establish a positive, productive classroom… Read more Emphasizing the Gift of Attention →
As much as I love being online, blogging, Tweeting, and the like, I don’t like how demanding it feels sometimes. How, if I don’t write a captivating post or send… Read more Maintaining a Blogging Presence, Catalysts, and Inspiration →
Here’s a typical scenario that I’ve witnessed over and over again during the last several years as a high school teacher: JP is an average student, receiving mostly B’s and… Read more Should High School Students Have Jobs? →
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This post is the second of two in response to CNN’s “Inside Man,” my first was posted yesterday. I decided to make this one separate because while the reflection was sparked from a few scenes in that program it goes beyond that one hour and that one particular school. In this Inside Man episode, Morgan Spurlock visited a school in Finland where he took a stab at teaching a class, then as a comparison visited a charter school in New York City and retaught the…
I strolled through the Vrijdagmarkt in Ghent, Belgium, last Sunday morning, still slightly hungover from a sprawling bike scavenger hunt through the city the previous day. A veteran farmer with white… Read more Europe, 10 Years Later: In the Moment →
Congratulations! If you have recently subscribed to Mindful Stew, you might be the site’s 1,500th follower! Except that you’re probably not, as I know a large percentage of this blog’s… Read more Fake Followers and Follows: Scram! →
I like the feeling of being in a different place, traveling and exploring where slight discomfort and the need to discover language, food, colloquialisms, and public transit, among other things,… Read more Dispatch from Oxford →
I awoke this morning to feed and water my hens, only to find two of them mangled by an unknown assassin. Both heads were missing. There was no sign of… Read more Why I Can’t Romanticize The Lives Of Our Chickens →
Some recent ‘Stew posts have highlighted a collaboration between students and teachers at Fern Creek Traditional High School and the Navajo Nation. I’m proud to present this video produced by… Read more Two for Tuesday–Video Debut and Thoughts on “Deep Reading” →
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