WAT Book Club Four Great Books for Boys. Full disclosure: I used to write for an editor who is now part of the We Are Teachers (WAT) team. But that’s now why I’m recommending this blog post. I’m recommending this post because I’m always interested in seeing great book suggestions for boys — and I’m particularly enthusiastic about this post because it introduces four books I’d never heard of. (For the record, The Achilles Effect is not so keen on “Books for Boys” lists. You can be sure that we’ll talk cover that topic in my upcoming author Q & A!)
Dictators with Mommy Issues. You know I’m a fan of Kate Stone Lombardi, and that I loved her book, The Mama’s Boy Myth. The last lines of this post, though, are just precious:
Let’s see….Stalin and his mother were savagely beaten by his alcoholic father. She fought the father to try to keep her son in school. Yup, must have been that close relationship with him mom that made Stalin the monster he was.
My Son Looks Like a Girl. So What? I’ve been thinking a lot of gender lately, and the messages we send our boys about what’s OK and what’s not. So Catherine Newman’s post about her 12-year-old son’s long, pink-dipped hair caught my attention. Really, what does hair matter anyway? Isn’t it what are kids are inside that matters?
My Vote of Dweebiest Superintendent of the Week. According to Lenore Skenazy, five high school seniors in Indiana decorated the interior of their school with post-it notes. (With inside adult assistance.) The kids were suspended. The custodian lost his job. Actually, a total of 67 kids were suspended. Did the superintendent might the right call? Or do you agree with Skenazy? Why?
Integrating Tech Tools Into Learning. Shameless self-promotion: This is a blog post I wrote for onlineschools.com. But I have a feeling that some of you may be interested in fun and educational tech tools as well.
How to Work From Home and Homeschool. Yeah, this one is mine too. 😉
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