Out of Context

The music teacher today reminded the kindergarten class that even though today is the birthday of Christopher Columbus, we celebrated his li...

Who said spelling has to be dull? Back with the fifth grade yesterday, I gave the students their weekly test in the subject: 18 words, all ...

Athletic events, moments, concepts, and individuals I hope never to encounter in this life or the next The NBA Dunk Contest A conversat...

During the course of an interview several years ago with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Halberstam, in conjunction with the publicati...

The topic was pride,  and following a short story and lesson on that subject, the third-graders yesterday at my school were asked to complet...