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Kevin just posted a second call for this week’s Day in a Sentence. I see he’s experiencing the same thing with his weekly challenge that we are with ours… less participation than usual. I guess that’s to be expected since everyone, myself included, is very busy at this time of the year. That’s understandable! Here’s my [...]

I’m sitting in darkness because my desk lamp, which has had the same fluorescent bulb for the past five years, just blew out. Posted in writing   Tagged: Day in a Sentence, summarization   

Kevin changed-up the “Day in a Sentence” Charge this week. He proposed reflected on your day/week as a question. So, here I am, trying to think about my week in terms of a reflective question. This is what I came up with: Will the technology I use in my classroom (daily) help my [...]

Deb is hosting Day in a Sentence this week. She’s offering a couple of themes to work off of in case you need inspiration when you boil-down your day. Here’s my submission: The beginning of the school year is about striking the right balance in three ways: making kids feel safe, setting high expectations, and creating [...]

Hosting “Day in a Sentence” has given me an opportunity to view new blogs from around the country (and world). I’m thrilled Kevin gave me the chance to host it here this week. So, here’s the round-up of the sentences that were submitted: People with blogs: Teach People Not Books wrote: Joseph and I [...]

Former Republican Congressman, founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation, and national chairman of the American Conservative Union, Mickey Edwards is the author of Reclaiming Conservatism: How A Great American Political Movement Got Lost- and How It Can Find It Way Back. He attended the State of the Union address Monday night and shared his reaction with us yesterday. Today Edwards wonders why the Republican members of Congress were so enthusiastic at the SOTU Monday. Read Edwards other OUPblog posts here.

For Republican members of Congress, the man who delivered a State of the Union speech Monday night was not merely a President of the United States – the head of one of the other branches of the federal government – but, more importantly, he was their team captain. (more…)

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