Let Teachers Teach: Bring Creativity Back into the Classroom
The jubilation of summer vacation is still palpable in the air. But I believe that a series of issues simply must be addressed prior to first bell in September. So much is at stake for us. The future success of our society is driven by the success of the schools today. Teachers are seriously demoralized. Forget for a moment the….Read more
Grading: 3 Tips for Turning Mountains into Molehills
Are stacks of papers to grade weighing you down? Keeping you up at night? Depressing your spirit because the pile never shrinks? Grade fights with parents? I’ve been there. Grading student writing takes time; you have to climb inside the kid’s mind and think along with her. That is labor intensive. And we have to assign large volumes of….Read more
Teaching minus the preaching
Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey) · Tue, Oct 28, 2008 · Page 1
Galante’s enthusiasm keeps students raving
Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, New Jersey) · Thu, May 27, 2010 · Page 15
The Kid in my Classroom on Monday Morning
One Monday morning just before the bell rings for school, I am already overwhelmed. The students are buzzing around in the hallways and the building is alive with adolescents. My class is about to start and I have 100 things to do for the day. With just a couple minutes before the bell, I’m entering a column of grades….Read more
The Terrible Privilege of Signing the Declaration of Independence
While driving the infamous NJ Turnpike, many of us have stopped at the Richard Stockton service area. We never think about who the service area is named for when we’re purchasing some artery-destroying item to hold us over until we get to our destination. N.J. resident Richard Stockton was one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was a judge….Read more
What Would Alexander Hamilton Do? Trust Experts
How does Hamilton An arrogant Immigrant, orphan Bastard, whoreson Somehow endorse Thomas Jefferson, his enemy -Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton: An American Musical Ever since the immensely popular Broadway musical and a PBS series made Alexander Hamilton a newly-celebrated founding father, his unusual life and death have captured the imagination of many. Tickets to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-collecting show with the original….Read more
Trump V. Clinton: An Election We’ve Seen Before
When things are happening that seem crazy and out of the blue, the question we must ask ourselves is: Where have we seen this before?