After a long day of sun on a Thai beach recently, my family came back to our hotel room happily exhausted, looking forward to watching our favorite Netflix shows on our laptops. But it was not to be. Our laptops, drained to nearly no battery life, couldn’t charge because their cords only had the Chinese […]
As someone who’s been to more than a few international job fairs, I’ve learned to pay close attention to the pronouns used by the interviewer. When principals use the term “my teachers,” a little red flag goes up, and I can’t help but think, “Well, jeez, I don’t want to work for any boss who […]
A common challenge I hear from teachers and parents is that their students do not know their basic math facts, meaning their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts using numbers 0-9. What generally follows are questions of how to support their students with building this mathematical fluency. It’s widely accepted and known among teachers that […]
Sustainability is one of the most flexible yet ambiguous terms out there. The boundary of its scope and focus can shift to fit the needs of its community. The resulting lack of clarity often results in one of two responses: You are talking about the environment, right? Yes, that sounds nice, but I do not […]