Dear Senator Casey, As you gear up for the confirmation hearing of Department of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, I ask you to consider the deep implications of what her vision for education entails. I recently read a piece by Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal, touting the ways in which DeVos has worked to improve education for…
It was 9pm on Thanksgiving night. My belly was bursting and my eyelids were heavy. I was sitting on an Amtrak train back to Philadelphia after a wonderful evening in NYC with my family. I sat in the window seat, and was joined shortly by a man with a laptop bag. The train began moving, and…
I had a meeting today ‘downtown’ at our District’s main offices. There were about 40 TTLs (Technology Teacher Leaders) from different schools across the city all crammed into a small lab all eager to hear why they were there. What ensued was an overview of resources and procedures that we, as TTLs, should know. Links…