by Todd R. Nelson One summer, just before the start of school, I heard an Ohio Amish farmer quoted on National Public Radio: “A farming community is only as good as its soil,” he said. And a farm makes an apt metaphor for the community of teaching, learning, and parenting we find in schools, though … Continue reading →

By Todd R. Nelson I got married wearing a kilt. It was made in the Gunn tartan: green, blue, black and a blood red pinstripe. Gunn may not sound too Scottish, because the Nelsons apparently descended from Norse people, perhaps Viking invaders many eons ago. I am also a member of a clan of a … Continue reading →