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  • More Than a Memory: Why Jewish American Heritage Month Belongs in Every Classroom

    Jewish American Heritage Month has been federally recognized since 2006, yet it remains absent from many school calendars. This post traces the Jewish American story from the Alhambra Decree of 1492 through the colonial Atlantic world, the American Revolution, the labor movement, and the civil rights era — making the case that May belongs in…

  • Heritage, Memory, and the Long Journey: May 2026

    Monthly Theme: The Price of Progress “We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character.”  — Calvin Coolidge (via Marcus Aurelius, Meditations) Honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Commemorate Significant May Historical Events Celebrate Notable May Birthdays

  • The Pass Says His Name, But He’s Never Been There

    King Charles spent more time with NPS rangers in one afternoon than the president has all term. Meanwhile, NPS has lost 25% of its staff. That contrast is worth examining.

  • Teaching Justice Through Classic Horror and Science Fiction: A Five-Film Mock Trial Series

    Use classic films like Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to teach justice, responsibility, and legal reasoning through engaging mock trial activities.

  • STLP State 2026

    This will be a live post throughout the day of images from the event. STLP, for me, is what it means to be a modern, 21st-century school. Students and teachers work together as students identify real problems and make decisions on how to solve them; they also learn to use technology in innovative ways that…

  • The Halls That Built the West: Five Universities That Shaped a Thousand Years of Learning

    Posted for April 23 — St. George’s Day, and a fitting moment to celebrate the medieval English and European academic traditions that gave us the modern university Every August, students across the globe pack up belongings, move into dormitories, and begin a ritual that feels deeply modern: signing up for courses, sitting in lecture halls,…