The Journal

Field notes from 30 years of teaching.

Short, honest essays for the parent in the trenches. New writing roughly every other week.

How to foster a love for learning in your child

Turn the daily homework battle into something your child looks forward to — with five small shifts you can start tonight.

Falling behind chips away at confidence. Here is the order of operations I walk every parent through.

You were never meant to do this alone. How to find — or build — the village your child needs.