Posted by Jason Diamond There is a slight possibility that Sholem Aleichem’s 100-year-old granddaughter, Bel Kaufman, is my favorite person on the planet: “Well, I did grow up. I did learn… more →
Vol. 1 Brooklynwrote 1 month ago: “Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money–in that order: it is a process, a … more →
wrote 3 months ago: From time to time we are asked the question: “What if this was your last day?” Instead I was wonder … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I have a love/hate relationship with education. Or should I say formal education. I love to read, I … more →
wrote 8 months ago: There used to be a running joke about Playboy – that men read the magazine “for of the articles”. Th … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Cheery news: Won’t Back Down had a hideous opening. Here’s a hint, folks: teachers are a … more →
wrote 9 months ago: The discontent of youth passes when you realize that the music you are hearing is not about you, but … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Education has become the whipping boy of the government and our business industry. Doubt that? Read … more →
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wrote 10 months ago: When are we finally free of that period in our lives when we look back in order to look forward? I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: For Jewrnalism, 1 May 2012 Bel Kaufman is more than just another example of a writer which success d … more →
wrote 1 year ago: 101 birthday candles, to face- For Bel Kaufman, the author of “Up the Down Staircase”. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: …when you might find yourself wanting to give gifts. And what better gift, really, can there … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I am a teacher. Anonymous I was born the first moment that a question leaped from the mouth of a chi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Posted by Jason Diamond There is a slight possibility that Sholem Aleichem’s 100-year-old gran … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Бел Кауфман – знаменитому автору книги “Вверх по лестницу идущей вниз” исполнилось … more →
wrote 2 years ago: People of a certain age will remember when Up the Down Staircase, a novel about teaching in a large … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Dear Bel Kaufman, Happy birthday! I just read The New York Times article celebrating you and your wo … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In yesterday’s New York Times, Joseph Berger profiles Bel Kaufman – New York City teacher, granddaug … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday was Bel Kaufman’s 100th birthday. I met her at the Dutch Treat Club, a luncheon club … more →