Media saturation dominates what adolescents experience on a daily basis. News and information within a vast ecosystem continues to impact their worldview. As they digest and strive to better integrate, synthesize and understand this information there is a growing need to help them navigate the world as digital citizens.   “Digital Citizenship, and a growing  awareness of the need to teach young people how to better understand and recognize media influences,…

It was a rather cold 34 degrees with a wind chill of 26 degrees when I decided to take a short walk in my neighborhood.  My intention was to lend a small hand on this MLK Day of Service 2023 to help clean the environment.  It was a very brief 45 minute, 6 tenths of a mile walk that by the…

When I was young I never fully knew what my father did for a living. Eventually learning that he was a truck driver did not dissuade me from following in his footsteps. I never did pursue that line of work. Nor did I ultimately learn about the industry that he worked in throughout his entire life. Therefore I am not one to opine on how the supply chain and the trucking industry's…

The use of standardized testing writ-large does not, and never will, serve the agenda of moving our nation forward in education -- be it for students or school communities.  Any rationale for utilizing standardized testing to support the view that these assessments improve student learning and improve the…