The world of like the 1980s

Despite my grouchiness, Donorschoose keeps sending me thank-you notes.  Despite my grouchiness, I keep finding them wonderful.  Today I received a batch of cards from the classroom of Mrs. Horton, where I had contributed to the purchase of a globe, and apparently some...

Put it on my bill

Some of you might remember how I donated money to help a teacher buy classroom supplies and then got grumpy when the kids wrote me thank you notes.  Some of you may remember that I learned that only donations of $100 or more get those notes and how I resolved to give...

Possibly related classroom projects

Preparing to leave San Francisco’s foggy embrace, I’m thinking about the work week ahead and which of the many open threads to needle first. One thing that came up last week was a twitter message from someone at Social Actions Labs, inviting me to test out...