Random Thoughts of an OutLaw Educator

As we three Perry teachers drove to the funeral home on our lunch hour, my stomach was in knots and I was nervous. Not about going to a fune...

Poland,Personally - a documentary film by Shaul Lilove from menuchati on Vimeo . Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, 2020...

 Last night, my 29-year old daughter picked at the wooden veneer on my kitchen table and said, "Mom...I should probably write a will....

Back in 2012, when I was a substitute for Pittsburgh Public, I worked in nine different schools, preparing under- and unused school li...

Hello! Last year, the Gender-Sexuality Alliance at Perry High School discussed why kids sometimes come to school angry, tired and read...

                                                                                                         Three students and I just made...

"As adults, it is our responsibility to work together toward this common goal. And while the district and the union may differ on...

I collect masks. I think they are beautiful, but I only collect masks with open mouths. I like the metaphor, of course: we hide behin...

When I was an elementary school Librarian, I chose winter to teach Hans Christian Andersen as a long author study. We started with ...

I have thought "Break me on life's wheel," would be a good adage for my life, and I have tried to live that way-- so much so ...

Hello. You don't know me, but many of you, and your parents, hate my guts. I don't hate you. At all. I understand completely, a...

Every year, the Ceramics teacher does a relief-tile project with students. Kids look at the work of a famous artist, choose an image they l...