This journey of starting a blog has been more rewarding than I thought possible. It's been rewarding intellectually and personally. And the journey has barely started. I want to continue the …
School of Smock now has a Facebook page!
I've resisted long enough. It was getting too confusing to try to negotiate a personal existence on Facebook and my blogging stuff. But I'm actually really excited about this additional way to …
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Guest Post: The Great Parental Stabilizer of Music
Today I have my first guest post. I asked my good friend, fellow doctoral student, talented teacher and administrator, and wonderful writer, Wendy Heckert, if I could re-post her story about her …
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Are teachers failing boys?
Boys doing poorly in school has been blamed on feminism, boys' learning styles, brains... Now there's clear evidence that it's actually teachers who are the reason why girls are doing better than …
Long-ish Bio
My life has had some weird quirks in it, but not so weird that I've ever seriously considered writing a memoir or anything. (Isn't that the standard now for remarkable childhoods?) But I think these …
Yes, another blog.
I'm just trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. And I honestly think there is a huge void in the blog world for writing about kids, schools, and education that isn't a) so public …