Since 2007, I’ve refrained from sharing my political views on this blog. After all, TWT is a blog about the teaching of writing. However, I’m not about to stay silent when students and teachers have been murdered in their school building once again.
Last week I found myself reading through The Community Review, which is the Jewish newspaper for Greater Harrisburg. Rabbi Akiva Males of Kesher Israel Congregation wrote a tribute to teacher … Continue Reading Living Well in the Classroom
I don’t want to imagine receiving an automated phone call from my child’s school telling me there has been a shooting there. That’s what happened today in Newtown, CT after … Continue Reading A national tragedy impacts all of us.