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Mr. D is on NPR’s “All Things Considered” this Morning for MLK
Image via Wikipedia This week, I joined a panel of educators from New York City to discuss the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday for NPR’s local NY affiliate WNYC 93.9FM. We spoke about teaching ideas,...
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Where Does Journalism End…and Bullying Begin? Teacher Data Reports and the Media
Tweed Courthouse, headquarters of the NYC Department of Education. Image via Wikipedia On November 16, 1801, a group of New York politicians led by Alexander Hamilton began a political broadsheet that...
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The NEW AND IMPROVED South Street Seaport Museum
Entrance to the South Street Seaport Museum Rarely am I impressed at any institution that plies me with food and alcohol. This Tuesday, however, was a rare exception. It may have been the salmon...
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This Day in History 4/6: Matthew Henson and Robert Peary Reach the North...
Matthew Henson, American explorer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For years, we have attempted to correct a myth held in many classrooms. Textbooks, history books and the like have propogated the myth that...
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A Lesson on WWII Primary Sources; or, how eBay Finds some Educational Value
New websites are like new toys. We can’t seem to find enough ways to play with them until they either break or get discarded for the next big thing. In the early 2000s, eBay was my new toy—and a...
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This Day in History 4/30: The opening of the 1939 New York Worlds Fair
On April 30, 1939, while New York was still recovering from the Great Depression, the World’s Fair of 1939 opened in Flushing Meadows, Queens. It was attended by over 44 milllion visitors, and was...
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Petition to keep the Global History and Geography Regents as a Graduation...
World map – Produced in Amsterdam First edition : 1689. Original size : 48.3 x 56.0 cm. Produced using copper engraving. Extremely rare set of maps, only known in one other example in the Amsterdam...
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Making the case for Parochial Schools in the NCLB age
Yes, Sister Mary Margaret, there is a place for you and the rest of the “penguins.” It’s just difficult to see against the tests, the balance sheets, and the armada of charter and magnet schools...
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This Day in History 3/11: The Great Blizzard of 1888
Now that spring is coming soon, it might serve as a reminder that the end of winter can be just as turbulent as the rest of the season. March 11, 1888, was shaping up to be another unseasonably warm...
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When the Pagans are Fed to Lions – can Core Knowledge survive as a NYCDOE...
Constantine: He swapped out one lion meat for another. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Usually, when the conquered becomes the conqueror, the outcome is far from bloodless. When Christianity became legal...
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Mad Men and the King Assassination
Some of the cast of AMC’s Mad Men. Yesterday was that rare instance when television illuminates. Even so, the light shone by the tube can often reflect on our own mirrors—and the image is rarely...
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Machiavelli’s advice to Mayor DeBlasio on his recent education defeat
“…there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” – The Prince, Chapter...
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Did the Culper Ring get its due? A review of AMC’s “Turn”
From the poster of AMC’s “Turn” In the world of espionage, the best recognition is no recognition at all. The front of the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia...
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