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In their May 2020 article in Educational Leadership, The Sciences of Teaching, Carol Ann Tomlinson and David Sousa explore the ways in which neuroscience and psychology can inform and support a teacher’s practice. Each of them brings to the exploration of the topic a wealth of knowledge, experience, and wisdom. As I was reading their…
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In Brain Pickings, Maria Popova writes about the importance of words, not being silent, and using our words as one part of our action to protest. In her opening, she quotes the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox who writes: “To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men.” Popova goes on to…
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One of my favorite Sunday routines is to read Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations. This Sunday, he begins the weekly series reflecting on Our Common Planetary Home. In the spirit of Franciscan writings and their role modeling of what it means to be good stewards of the one place we can all call home, Richard Rohr…
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I ran across a statement in The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul of Corporate America, a fascinating and game-changing book by David Whyte. In his book, published in 2002, Whyte writes: At present, an astounding 15 percent of the young American male population is in the correction system… I was curious…
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Pema Chodron’s book, When Things Fall Apart, is a set of provocative essays asking the reader to explore his or her heart in challenging times. In each essay, she takes us into a deeper place of exploration, searching for ways to make sense, both personally and collectively, in difficult times. In her first essay, Intimacy…
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