I recall, with great fondness, my early years of teaching – back when teachers’ lounges were places for exchanging ideas on how to better serve children. In that third floor room at the Colorado State School for the Deaf and the Blind, wonderful things happened. During our lunch breaks, and plan periods, we would – without any orders from the Powers-That-Be, or from the U.S. Department of Education – write curriculum, plan projects, and coordinate team teaching. For instance, when we heard that Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” would be presented at Colorado College, the English teacher and I (literature … Continue reading Excuses, Excuses, Excuses