When I was in the classroom testing was constantly being discussed in faculty and team meetings, in state legislatures, and in the halls of Congress in our nation’s capital. The discussions focused on why we should test, how to test, and how to interpret the data once the tests were completed. As … [Read more...]
Giving a Nudge to Vargas and His Nose Art
For those of you who don’t know I was a classroom teacher during the late 1990s and into the early 2000s following a long career as a paralegal. Around 2006 I began writing and publishing some of my exploits in the classroom at a blog I titled History Is Elementary. Before I was done with the … [Read more...]
The Carby Family Sacrifice
This web article began with a simple vintage postcard featuring an old motel I recognized from my childhood along Stewart Avenue now known as Metropolitan Parkway – the Colonial Motor Lodge. I was researching the motel to verify the owner’s name for a very short Facebook post in the group I … [Read more...]