Kenneth Rowland
Jan 16
It was barely past 8:00 am and the sun told everyone it was going to be in full force. Little by…
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Last week my sixth grader got suspended from school.
Yep, My Kid. Not the kid with the sketchy home life, not the kid who shows up with a bag of Sweet Sixteen Donuts for lunch, not the kid who wears shorts in the…
What’s your why? “I don’t understand what that even means,” whispered a rising 2nd grader. He was one of a delightful group of summer campers attending the Young Writers’ Camp in July 2017. And that was our theme for two weeks. We explored activism, artivism, social justice…
The highlight of my week so far was being part of the middle school writing marathon.
I finally had a chance to visit the classrooms on Tuesday afternoon.
There are days when I LOVE what I do.
The following is from high school author Michael Massey. Let’s give him some claps and celebrate his journey.
Ready set…By Michael Massey
I’m ready to set a ready to go goal for myself. If only I can somewhat get going.I’m at the…
Gizmos and Making
The day before I started drafting the final chapter in a book I’m writing with a colleague on make, my 7th grade son came bounding out of school with a guitar pick he’d made on a 3-D printer. The assistant principal who was accompanying him was amused that my son had never used a 3-D printer considering the…
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