“What are you reading?” Gonna start asking my kids this question on a regular basis. “Not for school. For you. What are ya reading for you?” Reading (still) matters.

K’Lavon Chaisson With A Great Punch Out On Christian McCaffrey. This Was Honestly An Insane Forced Fumble, And It Was Picked Up By The Commanders Big-Time Turnover. The Commanders Edge Rusher Knocks The Ball Free From CMC And Washington Comes Up With The Recovery To Flip The Momentum. Turnover. 🔥

Here’s my idea to start to figure out our Special Education crisis. First, let’s make two completely different categories of disability, one being academically focused, the other being behavioral/mental health focus. Of course there’s some overlap but that we identify and place both under the EXACT same processes makes zero sense anymore. We need a separate process and separate staffing to handle each. We need new legislation that addresses the difference because currently a child with a reading disability has the same exact path and rights as the child who destroys a class and hits students as a disability. Both students should have completely different programs, placements, and rights. By placing EVERY identified disability under the same umbrellas we’ve really messed things up. By specializing the policy and procedures to differentiate between cognitive and behavioral we can address each differently. Will this ever happen? Not likely, but it’s a concrete idea. I’m open for others.

My most proud virtual accomplishment is I’ve never argued w someone online.

What needs to change in high schools?

“Differentiated instruction” is one of the most misleading phrases in education. On paper, it sounds great. In practice, it often asks teachers to do the impossible. What education buzzword annoys you the most?

“If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you should feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.” ~Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish

There is ZERO reason to cuss at high school athletes. Why has this been normalized? If you were to cuss at a KID in a classroom, you’d be (or should be) fired. What makes the sporting context okay? And God forbid a kid cuss at a coach. The double standard is disgraceful.