None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.

Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.

I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.

The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.

It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.