Parents: Friend or Foe?
As a theatre educator with over 25 years in the classroom, I have had good and bad experiences with parents involved with my theatre programs. On the whole, the majority of my experiences have been…
The Principal Effect
It’s the start of a new school year, which means ‘tis the season for media coverage about teacher shortages and all sorts of speculation about why it’s happening. However, there is a key factor that…
The ethics of banning books in the classroom.
A Tennessee School Board member claimed that banning a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel was the ethical thing to do. MAUS by Art Spiegelman wasn’t the first book to be banned in a school district…
90 Minutes is Too Long for Shakespeare.
School administrators need to realize they touch the lives of all of the students on their campus and should approach spending and program development with that in mind.