Perry, Georgia is about a 1.5 hour drive south from Atlanta. I've been to Perry before to visit schools and love the quaint downtown ar...

After the sixth grade assembly a boy came up to me and asked, "Why do poets always write about love? Never did ME any good." ...

It is rare that I visit a school and get to come home for lunch, but Memorial is right down the road from my house. I had a great time with ...

I drove home from a great visit to Perseus in Erie, PA today only to sit down to watch another expose about yet another teacher engaged in ...

Ajax (the special needs dog) is eating a pencil under my desk. I'm dressed for the gym but stalled here at the computer. I read the ne...

Let's say some school district, a big district, is putting together scripted lesson plans for the third grade, a program that is destine...

Goshen is in prairie country, flat and windswept. Tuesday morning dawned clear and cold -- extra cold. The reception at school however was...

Poem the poem -- Parkside teacher Matt Cooper had his fifth graders rewrite some of my poems, to "poem the poem," as he describes ...

Universal peace signs and lots of smiles. 

In China, rules are in place that require a visa to move from one province (like a state) to another. If a family moves without this visa t...

Children at the Chinese Migrant School recite poetry by heart. Then I taught them a poem in English -- my shortest poem. Everyone laughed ...

Jammers from Puxi perform a poem for four voices. Missing in the student poetry are poems about street crime (as so many are in the USA). ...

You wouldn't believe this campus. It is like a luxury community college state side. The staff and kids are all very dedicated to learn...

Poetry Jammers from the International School at Tianjin. After they finished performing my poetry, I asked them if they knew what the next...

A normal school day. Or so it would seem. Up at 6AM, shower, eat breakfast as fast as possible and catch the bus. Looking out the window h...

Imagine a city with the population of the State of Ohio. Forget it. You can't imagine it. Even when you see it, you can't imagine...

A construction wall appropriate since all of Shanghai seems to be under construction! 

"Evil travels in a straight line" Ancient Chinese saying -- which is why the bridges are arched and the path leading to this anci...

Dedicated teachers from Afghanistan. 

The TARA conference sponsored two teachers from Afghanistan to attend. The challenges they described were overwhelming. Lack of electricit...