←AP History, Part I: Amateur Hour Narratives, or stories, are very important for successful teachers. While we are still researching exactly how the brain works, we do know that learning consists of making connections between what needs to be learned and existing knowledge already stored in the brain. Therefore, telling stories, whose elements are already […]
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There is a saying at the military academies that is applicable to the kerfuffle in the Jefferson County School District: “Amateur military analysts argue about weapons and tactics. Professional military argue about logistics.” When adapting the saying to education, we come up with, “Amateur educators argue about books and curriculum. Professional educators argue about instruction.”
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“To breastfeed or not to breastfeed?” That was the question people always asked during my wife Pam’s pregnancy. Breast or bottle? No supermarket line, restaurant table, or movie theater was safe from “the question.” I hadn’t heard that much interest in female anatomy since high school. To each query, we’d answer with all the confidence
Confessions of a Closet Bottle Feeder Read More »
Dear readers: This is my second official Exhibit A column even though I have published other works here previously. I’d like to use it to introduce myself beyond the brief bio that is on the site. And I’d like to articulate what I’d like to do for you, the reader. You are bombarded with media
A Greeting to Exhibit A Readers from Jerome Parent Read More »
In the last few years, there have been more words written about guns and gun violence in this country than there are bullets being stored up for the Apocalypse. I promise I am not going to wade into the debate about gun control. But as a gun owner, I am worried about where the intransigence
When the Tide Goes Way, Way Out Read More »