Random Thoughts of an OutLaw Educator

It has been an amazing year. From a miracle in Manchester to Haiti, what a long, strange trip it's been. And stay tuned..there are new d...

Check out these media files from my trip to Haiti! Animoto video: Libraries and Miracles in Haiti Snapfish photostream: Snapfis...

Yesterday was Sunday. Leon is the Bishop of the Church in Christ for Haiti. His grandparents established a church on a mountain many...

It's the site of the famous movie The Comedians, based on Graham Greene's famous book. I am not prepared for it. Who could be, a...

In Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl, Charlie Bucket and his parents, four grandparents and their giant brass bed and Mr...

We changed our prompt for the quilt squares. We were going to have the children imagine a perfect world and paint it-- unique to them of ...

We strategically planned last night-- to the class sizes, age ranges, interests and physical space available to us and girded our loins for...

The female doctor with us is tall, very lean, blonde and pretty. She didn't bring a suitcase or even a carry on-- all she thought was n...

The guest house through the gates, past the smiling and mightily armed guard, is shocking if you've just driven through Port-au-Princ...

Imagine Wilkinsburg. Now imagine somebody carpet bombed it. And there's some bouganvilla. That's Port-au-Prince. Really. Holy M...

I'm a brass-tacks kind of person. I like theory, but when we are talking about how to fix things, I need to make it real. I want to kno...

“Not bein g heard is no reason for silence .”  ―  Victor Hugo ,  Les Misérables Yesterday I went to Pittsburgh Public School Distric...