'Hope springs eternal...'
Yesterday was the first official day of basketball practice. Alexander Pope said, "Hope springs eternal." Well, at least in November before we've played our first game. I've got a promising squad of hard-working, fun-loving kids and even have some height for a change. What Pope didn't say is that "you can't teach height". That was the old Utah Jazz coach,Frank Layden.
Great news! Diane Ravitch's health has improved (I'm certain it was my mazzo ball soup that did the trick) and she has been cleared by her doctors to travel to Chicago to speak on January 11th.
Saintly and patiently progressive Deb Meier lays out her views on democratic education in yet another round of debates at Bridging Differences. This time she's trying to find common ground with traditionalist educator and Common Core advocate, Robert Pondiscio.Pondiscio wrote in the Atlantic that he once considered himself a progressive teacher but