Diary of the recovery effort
2018-03-02
When the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami struck I was in Shanghai, China. Now, more than a decade later, the shock still lingers. Read More →
Of Note
2014-04-23
Two interesting articles on the struggle over what folks think in China. Or, rather, what they say about what they think.Read More →
O Albany
2009-04-07
At last week’s conference of social studies teachers and supervisors from across the state I had a glimpse of “the profession” – depression and dispassion; intellectual frustration; suffocated innovation; struggle with a corrupted, authoritarian form without regard for individual initiative.Read More →
Teachable Moments
2009-03-31
On Thursday I’ll be speaking at the annual conference of state social studies teachers. I wanted to post this information since I planned to refer to the experience in my talk.Read More →