Heart of a Chief – Review and Activities

Heart of a Chief – Review and Activities

~Heart of the Chief ~ Can one boy make a difference? Author Joseph Bruchac Upper elementary-Middle school Heart of the Chief: A Summary This book depicts Native Americans today facing a society that does not understand their culture. Set on an intentionally fictional reservation in New England, a boy enters the local middle school and deals […]

Building Bridges of Support

ONE stick  – inconsequential… HUNDREDS of sticks – amazing! Last week we asked you to choose ONE thing you could do to make the world a better place.  Did you choose one? Do you think it will make a difference? This Bridge of Support was built by elementary students at my school. After watching the PowerPoint […]

Occupy Education 101

By Tim Wolcott We are all told that through hard work and applied learning, public education is the elevator to social and financial success.  I believe not.  There are two education systems in this state. Not public-private. One for the rich and one for the poor and they are both public systems. –Andrew Cuomo, October […]

Students protest NYS “Pineapple” test

Students protest NYS “Pineapple” test

Students see the light as the blind lead the blind…by Tim Wolcott  A sage once said “Life is 10% how you make it…and 90% how you take it.”  Activist eighth graders from New York aren’t taking mistreatment by this year’s English Language Arts test sitting down.   Hooray for them and us all! Effective this year, […]