How do we as dads help our children deal with tragedy?
Solitude: the Successful Black Man
February 16, 2012 By 3 Comments
There’s a plethora of educated, successful, hard-working family men who happen to be black, writes Jackie Summers. So why is it that no one sees them?
Money Walking Around in Tight Jeans and Ugg Boots: NYT Headline on Education Misses the Point
February 10, 2012 By 3 Comments
The idea that an expensive education will provide a higher paying job doesn’t play out. It hides the truth that it really isn’t what you know but who you know.
It’s All Downhill From Here
February 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Carl Bosch chaperones a school ski trip full of rowdy students, bugs, lost items, junk food, and sprained wrist, but more than anything it is full of fun, and that is what’s most important.
‘I’m Curious How I Could Have Reached Out to You Better?’
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Years later, a high school teacher meets one of his former dropouts and finds out he did the best job he could.
A Conversation Every Man Should Have With His Father
February 4, 2012 By 7 Comments
The transition into manhood sometimes requires a true understanding one’s father, writes Albert Okagbue.
“Sometimes the attention that’s meant to help and protect and diagnose and treat may make the situation worse in the long run.”
February 3, 2012 By 19 Comments
This comment was from wellokaythen on the post “Are Women Contributing to the Demise of Men?” by Tom Matlack on the Good Feed Blog.
High School Should Be for Everyone
January 30, 2012 By 3 Comments
As his students head toward high school, Carl Bosch wants them all to recognize the opportunities they’ll have.
Which Is More Expensive, Prison or Princeton?
January 28, 2012 By 15 Comments
In California alone, spending averages $48,214 per inmate and only $7,463 per student.
World Development Report 2012: Gender, Equality, and Men’s Education?
January 23, 2012 By 31 Comments
A look at how men’s education is portrayed in the World Development Report 2012 on Gender and Equality and where the report fails.
SOPA Is About A Whole Lot More Than Pirates
January 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
The Bully Epidemic
January 16, 2012 By 7 Comments
Carl Bosch wants to know what happened to the “kinder, gentler” America that some of us hoped for and politicians hyped?
Evaluating Our Children
January 10, 2012 By 2 Comments
Carl Bosch finds himself caught between his students and their academic futures.
Don’t Be Jealous of a Teacher’s Vacation
January 3, 2012 By 9 Comments
Sure, teachers get a lot of time off, Carl Bosch writes, but it’s all well deserved.
The Thing About Holiday Concerts
December 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
Carl Bosch attended his last Holiday Concert, and, well, it was glorious.
Vocalyze
“One of the basic needs of a child is reciprocal affection.”
This comment was from MichelleG on the post “What exactly makes a ‘Good’ Parent?”