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In an imperfect world, public education often becomes the target of complaints about the entire state of education. Although I realize...

In a scramble to reduce educational expenses, politicians and educators must examine all possibilities. One idea, supported by Gates and...

Sometimes the best intentions have the most frightening consequences. When No Child Left Behind ushered in an avalanche of tests, I’m...

A major part of my adult life focused on supporting children in public education. I believed in public schools as a parent, a teacher,...

Note: On March 25, 2015, the Texas Senate “approved a package of bills that would cut taxes in Texas by more than four billion dollars.”...

As of March 9, 2015, the Texas Legislature has money to burn. The Texas treasury is overflowing! Lieutenant Patrick has so much money he...

Chris and I received a double blessing this season by having two separate Christmas celebrations. Both brought fun. However, our memories...

When writing my New Year’s resolutions, I only included one goal: to stop making negative comments about others. Yet, here I sit on day...

At first glance, it seems to me that Jesus would be quite a misfit in our current national and international society. I wonder, did he...

It feels as though we live in an upside down world where extremism rips apart all traces of sanity and balance. Can we even fathom a...

Today, I’m writing about my son, David Williuams’ latest book on preventing school shootings. Although I retired from teaching in 2013, I...

Do you realize that our nation boasts of more teachers than members of any other profession? With sheer numbers, you’d think we could...

A message to teachers. . . How about those teachers in Georgia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma? After years of unimpressive pay and lack of...

Across the United States, families gather today to have fun. Without detracting from the value of laughter and celebration, I pause to...

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” By clinging to Second Amendment fears, we adhere to...

At first, I suspected reporters must surely be mistaken. Taking children away from their mothers presented a disturbing level of...

The news informs us that children, who have been taken from their parents, will sleep in tents at the border. What level of horror must...

Although this article is long, I find it helpful and accurate. First, as to why young people who have DACA haven’t just become citizens:...

If the words “You reap what you sow,” hold any truth, my pale skinned grandchildren will probably face a ‘mell of a hess’. For centuries,...

As a life-long Texan, I will definitely vote for Beto O’Rourke, a fourth-generation Irish American from El Paso, Texas. As a young boy,...