Friday, May 2, 2025

Generation Distracted: Next Steps Around Phones and Social Media in the Needham Public Schools

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Last August I shared with the community the need to study and discuss the impact the use of cellphones and social media was having on our y...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

DOGE in the Needham Public Schools

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No, no, no... Not THAT DOGE!! I mean D eveloping O pportunity, G rowth, & E xcellence in the Needham Public Schools through the renewal...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

A lesson from my Dad sticks with me today.

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The current news out of Washington regarding the detention and deportation of immigrants coupled with the administration's new edicts ab...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

What's Happening with Literacy in the Needham Public Schools?

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  One of the many hot topics in elementary education right now is literacy. The topic has taken on renewed attention due to a nationwide foc...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Who are you voting for in November?

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This a question many of our educators are being asked by their students right now. The question also reminds me what former Ohio school supe...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

And Laugh Often.

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Following are excerpts from the remarks I shared with the faculty at our annual August back to school staff meeting. The work of education ...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Generation Distracted or Connected? Student Learning, Mental Health and Phones in School

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The student use of cell phones in schools is a hot topic this summer.  I've had parents, including one who works for Instagram, tell me ...