Hackman's Musings

Recently, all of the 5th grade teachers of my district were assembled for a professional development meeting.  There seemed to be about 60 o...

"Expensive and experienced teachers tend to be resistant to new curriculum and teaching methods." I was on a thread where someone ...

Bad management theory is rampant in education. There is a scene in one of the greatest movies of all time, A Few Good Men, where Demi Moore...

Most school districts and states send down a fire hose of professional development. Teachers are drowning in meetings, readings, data tracki...

One of the hard parts of being an older teacher is to not come off as cynical.  This is difficult, because the system is set up to make you ...

Things changed about 25 years ago.  During district meetings, if a teacher brought up how we should be involving the family, district folks ...

Just got done watching Marvel Zombies. Meh. It wasn't bad...  it just wasn't... anything special. It was indicative of what Marvel h...

I am cleaning out my hard drives and I came across a letter I had written to my church leadership back in 2008.  I was a Sunday School teach...

Been thinking a lot about what I have to be thankful for as Thanksgiving approaches. There is this scene in a Dracula mini-series that comes...

Belief is tricky.  I don't think it is as simple as "letting go".  I don't think a believer can make a decision to not bel...