I am a little miffed at the National Educator’s Association (better known as NEA). I am a member of NEA and I recently received an email that promised big savings on the top magazines. You probably do not know this about me, but I love magazines. Magazines have assorted snippets about an assortment of topics than can [...]
I was happy to read Robin Huebner's recent article in The Forum about the way the Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo Public School Districts handle the special transportation needs of homeless students. According to the article the districts use cabs or transportation services for those students that need transport to shelters, hotels, or homes they are [...]
The end of the semester is always a hectic time. Students are frantically completing end of the semester projects and readying themselves for tests; faculty are preparing themselves for end of the semester grading and student questions about missing grades; and, staff are trying to tolerate increasingly stressed students and faculty. The semesters always start [...]
I ran across a great program last week during my regular website travels. I already shared it with my students because to me it is essentially free money. I say essentially because there are requirements that go along with participating in the program and restrictions on how you can use the money you get from [...]
Let me say at the outset that I am thrilled at the success NDSU's football program has enjoyed in recent years. The Bison are number one - squared. And frankly, the odds are quite good that their number one status may be cubed by season's end. This is exciting stuff this championship team status! The [...]
Today was my first day of teaching in the Fall semester. I got a glimpse of the students I will spend my class days with over the next four months. I can tell already that I am going to laugh an awful lot with this bunch. And truth be told, that is a critical component [...]
I must say, I have been purposeful in keeping my mouth shut regarding the criminal prosecution of George Zimmerman for the Trayvon Martin shooting. I have done so because I realized early on that this was going to go far beyond a trial on the facts and was destined to settle into a much more [...]
THE NEW FORTY 