Author: teacherken

entitled Memorable teacher(s) — whom do you remember? I did not cross post because I would really like all the comments that people offer about their own memorable teachers to be in one place.  I encourage you to...

Cross-posted rom dailykos here Today I embark on my 60th year.   That means this is not one of those major occasions, ending in a 0 or a 5.  But it is significant enough that I know this much  — I will spend...

Last evening (Friday, May 20), my wife and I were invited to attend an awards ceremony at the Smithsonian honoring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.  The prize is the Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate Prize, first...

appeared today in a wonderful Boston Globe op-ed by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Goodman, entitled Score One for Cupid.  As is my usual practice with the many wonderful pieces I find on the op ed pages of the Boston Globe, I...

what you will encounter in the four articles to which I am about to expose you.  These came across my path in the past two days.   For each I will provide the title and link, a brief summary, and perhaps one to four...