Alan Lawrence Sitomer » Florida

My Question About National Standards

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:10:59 +0000

One question that has longed bothered me about all of the conversation regarding having one set of national standards for all American schoolchildren is, “If we are going to have standards at all, why should these standards be different from…

Age before beauty… it’s not right!

Alan Sitomer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:30:34 +0000

Does it happen to everyone in education that they lose touch at some point, like an athlete that doesn’t know when to hang it up, and they hold on for too long… to the detriment of those they have been…

The Letterman Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Alan Sitomer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:00:21 +0000

David Letterman has made a fantastic living ruthlessly roasting people over their foibles. Their issues. Their own personal “affairs”.

And now the chickens are coming home to roost for him, aren’t they?

Now I am a fan of Dave. Or…

Is it okay to feel GOOD?

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:30:12 +0000

Is it okay to feel good? Is it okay to be FIRED UP? Do we spend enough time genuinely recognizing the joy that is the teaching profession?

I mean I just got done with an IMMENSE amount of work. Papers,…

The Crew Cut That's Gonna Resonate

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:30:14 +0000

So $100,000,000.00 was just spent (that’s right, 100 mill) and, as this article points out, virtually no positive results were reaped by the extra expenditure of cash-o-la invested in education by a fella with a pet education project named Randy…

Pensacola Florida!!

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:30:17 +0000

So the fine folks of Pensacola absolutely implored me to come visit their school district because my book Homeboyz (so they swore) is absolutely beloved. (And if I was going to be in Orlando, I just could not leave…