Random Thoughts of an OutLaw Educator

The school buildings in the Pittsburgh city limits are often very old. They are built out of hearty brick, feet and feet thick...

Kidsburgh: Destination Millvale from Sprout on Vimeo . Do you know about the Millville Library? I think of it as the Little Library...

Two years after I wrote this , I accepted a high school Librarian position at Perry Traditional Academy on the North Side of Pittsbur...

"You have to go to SCHOOL to be a Librarian??" is not a unusual question. Always makes me smile. Nobody knows what school lib...

It took me a year to get him to speak to me. He would come in, slight, well, no, slight is far too polite a word. The child was just tiny, ...

He comes in swinging his arms crazily. He throws his coat on the floor. No backpack, so a notice for parents, a fund raiser form, a page of...

  Malala Yousafzai, the world's youngest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, is possibly one of the most inspiring, strongest women in...

Breathe them in each brown cheek each braid, each small twist with bright ballies on the ends each long-lashed big brown eye. Breath...

Since time immemorial, libraries have been among the first thing torched when a conquering enemy invaded. In 1358 B.C.E., the libraries ...

  “I read somewhere that human beings are genetically predisposed to record history. We believe it will prevent us from doing stupid...

Hee hee!! Absolute glee! Success!! A shy little boy came in today, one whom I have never seen. His Mom told him to go find a book. The...

It turns out being a public librarian is pretty awesome. And I was right-- I don't have to be an outlaw. I'm pretty much an in-l...

The night I left the teaching profession, I lay in bed on my stomach, half asleep. It felt as if brown and gray butterflies were drawing th...

June 6, 2013 Dear Tribune Review, Thank you for covering our story! We highly appreciate you shedding light on our positive activity....

When kids decide to change the world, amazing things happen. Subbing at Pittsburgh Langley K-8, I began work with a novel study i...

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...