Until a recent long-term illness forced me to resign, I was a high school teacher in the public school system. Over the course of seven years, I taught English to hundreds of students. I put my whole... Read more >>

For the last couple of years, my husband and I have been counseling our oldest child about the daunting job search and job application process. Of course, we want him to appreciate the value of work... Read more >>

After I graduated from college in January, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to be a second grade reading tutor in the same school where I had just finished my student teaching. I would... Read more >>

September 11, 2001 was just another ordinary day for me, relatively speaking. I was then living in Istanbul, Turkey, and was an English teacher in a private Turkish high school there. I had finished... Read more >>

When many people consider returning to school, they often reflect on what their high school experience was like. They have unpleasant memories of hard wooden desks and strict teachers. Today’s... Read more >>

President Obama just plain loves charter schools, calling them models of innovation and a key to lifting public education across the country. Expanding charter schools is a priority of his... Read more >>

Have you ever had a time in your life where you just didn’t know what to do with yourself or how you can pick up the pieces? I am in this time again, for the second time. I’m trying... Read more >>

Excitement is in the air! Parents and students are gearing up for the big trip to (or back to) college. It’s an exciting time and there is a flurry of preparation and anticipation. One of the... Read more >>

While formulating hypotheses, second graders at my school did an activity in which they wrestled with the question of how to eliminate one of the two hypotheses. In the course of the conversation, the… Read more >>

Colleges, according to an article in today’s New York Times, are hoping to attract students by serving haute cuisine in the dining halls. Bowdein’s students have a choice of white spinach... Read more >>