Random Thoughts of an OutLaw Educator

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...

Do you remember what it was like to be in high school? I kind of do. Fucking Vietnam. Take that hill with no bullets, Private. Don't...

Ten of Pittsburgh Perry’s student body are in the beginning stages of something truly great and inspirational.  We are creating a fo...

My friend told me her 7th-grade daughter just passed the Algebra Keystone our 10th graders at Perry keep failing. She was morose abo...

"When my Dad sees this," C said, holding his first report card, "I'm going to be the new IronMan."  "How?...