The Testing Window

I haven’t written much here lately because I’m burned out. It’s difficult to maintain the relentless optimism (or at least sense of humor) n...

“The DeWine-Husted Administration will reduce the number of tests that students are required to take...”  It is a new year, and hope spring...

Today is the first day of school in my district, and I’m sitting at home due to a heat index set to hit above 95 degrees. Much as I hate to ...

First of all, congratulations to Ohio’s high school graduates in the class of 2018, especially those who were able to use the additional pat...

Allow me to put this in perspective. At the high school where I teach, approximately 200 of 450 seniors in the class of 2018 were using the ...

In the spring, outside my classroom, on the window ledges of this hundred year old building, the sparrows call to one another in something o...

“You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let...