BackboneAmerica

My loveable thug, the one I wrote about before, called me this week. When he left our school a month ago, I knew he had an upcoming trial. (more…)

First week back in the classroom. Our new math teacher is fresh out of college and trained by Teach America. Our returning students aren’t (more…)

Colorado High School Charter, where I teach, has an amazing culture, says a former teacher who came back as our discipline coach (more…)

On my Regis University campus radio show the week after the election, a caller presented me with a striking question: (more…)

The troubling report in today’s Denver Post about a rash of teen suicides in Douglas County strangely says nothing about last week’s (more…)

What’s the campaign doing to attract young voters, I asked a McCain official last month. The look on her face was all I needed (more…)