A couple of years ago, I went to a teacher in-service day regional training wherein each of us could select three sessions in which to participate. One of the sessions I chose was about Common Core standards in reading, which was, predictably, rather dry and not terribly helpful. One of the sessions was about integrating vocabulary […]

No, this isn’t about the Simon and Garfunkle song, although I really liked that song in college and even had the sheet music, long since lost in one move or other. This is about sound . . . and silence. Almost two years ago, my eldest daughter, serving in the U. S. Navy, had a […]