On the Boundaries of Student and Teacher As I offer the last installment of this Tribute to Teachers: a celebration of “the sacred act of teaching,” it is obvious from the previous posts that for a variety of reasons, both personal and work-related, I’ve been reflecting lately on engagement with students in the critical enterprise…

For the second installment of this “Tribute to Teachers”, let me offer an idea that has become one of persistent “legos” that form the building blocks of my mind: and that is the notion of community. I’m sure that’s partly because I experienced and was nourished by a supportive community of colleagues for all my…

With classes past mid-term in the public schools as well as colleges and universities, I want to offer this tribute to teachers.  While I spent my career in the world of “higher” education, here is a special “hats off” to those teachers in elementary and secondary educational programs for the simple reason that I never…