Published Work

“The Time-Tested Dos and Don’ts of Using Classroom Technology,”  Education Week Teacher, February 12, 2013.

“Five Reasons Why Teaching Is Still Great,” Education Week Teacher, October 30, 2012.

“How to Teach Digital Storytelling to High School Students,” PBS MediaShift, October 1, 2012.

“The Common Core’s Digital Literacy Gap,” Education Week Teacher, August 22, 2012.

“The Digital Age, Memory and Learning,” PBS Mediashift online, July 11, 2012.

“Follow-Up: Ending One-Size-Fits-All in School Scheduling,” Education Week Teacher Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable, June, 2012.

“Extend Summer and Real-World Enrichment,” Education Week Teacher Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable, June, 2012.

“Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools,” Education Week Teacher,  May 2012.

“Curricular Freedom, High Stakes Test Send Mixed Messages,” ASCD Express Online, March 2011.

“Turned Off,” Middlebury Magazine, Jan. 2011.

“Bow Hunting and the Cycle of Life,” Brighter Planet Sustainable Cooking Guide.  2010. p. 22.

“Class, Take Out Your Cell Phones!” Education Week, Feb. 2010. (members only)

“Get Away from Grading and Get Students Learning,” Middle Ground, Feb. 2010. (members only)

“Evolving Forms of Literacy,” NEA Online, Oct. 2009.

“Literacy Accountability in a New-Media Age,” Education Week, Sept. 2009. (members only)

“Acronym Overload,” Inside the School, June 2009.

“The One-Minute Speech and Other Creative Moments in Language Arts,” ASCD Express Online, May 2009.

“Fostering Positive Behavior in Middle School Classrooms,” Principal Leadership, May 2009.

“Mimimal Homework? Everyone Should Be Relieved,” Middle Ground, April 2009. p. 26.

“What’s in an ‘A’?” NEA Today, Jan.-Feb. 2009.

“Redefine Data Collection to Refocus Professional Development,” ASCD Express Online.  Dec. 2008.

“Don’t Smile Until After Christmas?” Middle Ground, Oct. 2008. (members only)

“A Classroom Without Rules?” Middle Ground, August 2008. (members only)

“Could Standard Grading Practices Be Counterproductive?” Education Week, June 2008.

“Can Changing the Discourse Change the School?” Education Week, Jan. 2008. (members only)