Writings

Disarm Your Critics By Consulting Them: Advice for new teachers in a contentious time

Student-Centered Teaching, Teacher-Centered Leadership: An administrator walks the walk

Observing Eleanor: Enlightening moments with a Harvard professor in her element

"I Started Out by Not Talking to Anyone...": A teacher comes out to his students

Questions and Answers: Fourth graders debate progressive principles

Reimagining a Flipped Classroom: Teachers as listeners; learners as explainers

Messing Up: How grades can get in the way of learning

The Real Game of Research: Behind the scenes of an exploratory project for middle school

Objectively Speaking: Why teachers shouldn't write lesson objectives on the board

Sparking Conversation: Reporting vs. reflection in student journaling

Being a Gay Teacher: An interview

Intent and Impact: Reconciling our Jewish identity with our whiteness in America

Tributes to Family: Three speeches honoring my parents and grandmother

Coming Out of the Closet: Symbolism, metaphor, and the power of telling our stories

Beliefs about Teaching and Learning: An archive of philosophy statements

They Talked, But They Had No Voice: Critiquing a superficially interactive history lesson

The Language We Choose: A case for less provocative terminology

Thinking Outside the Rubric: Grappling with alternatives to traditional grading

What It's Like: Reflections from a white man on temporarily being in the minority