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I don’t mean to be a rabble rouser. Really I don’t. It’s just that, well… I can’t help myself.

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:01:13 +0000

I don’t mean to be a rabble rouser. Really I don’t. It’s just that, well… I can’t help myself.

For example, I have a new book coming out on Thursday that I am absolutely convinced middle school boys are

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I am on this mom’s bandwagon.

Alan Sitomer — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:00:19 +0000

Today is short and sweet. (Though I will say more in the coming days, I am sure.) But essentially, I am on this mom’s bandwagon.

And when she says she thinks other parents should opt out as well, all I…

We’re gonna need a whole lotta teachers for the teachers to pull this all off.

Alan Sitomer — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:00:43 +0000

There’s a side of me that feels the reason I spent so much time blogging this past week – to start the new year – discussing the issues, challenges, opportunities, and so on, of print books versus eBooks, is because…

Are we ready to wade into a chat about Arizona?

Alan Sitomer — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:30:09 +0000

Are we ready to wade into a chat about Arizona? In case you hadn’t heard, immigration has been an issue on their voters’ minds as of late.

Let’s see if I can try to at least introduce what is going…

The Conundrum of Handling Student Farts

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:17 +0000

So what is to be done when a student farts in class?

Hey, don’t laugh, this is a serious academic issue.

The way I see it, there are a coupla options.

1) Try to pretend it didn’t happen. Of course,…

Is the Race issue dead?

Alan Sitomer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:38 +0000

I think people have become numb to the issue of race in our schools. And to bring it up, I think people just roll their eyes and feel a bit exhausted by it all. It’s like we’ve all heard about…