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Question of Authority
The Presidency is an office of enormous but not unlimited power. [This piece appeared in the Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine's spring 2009 edition. Click here for the magazine clipping; only for fast co… more →
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Question of Authority
Mark Franek wrote 7 months ago: The Presidency is an office of enormous but not unlimited power. [This piece appeared in the Philade … more →
Techno-savvy Teachers Lead Penn Charter
Mark Franek wrote 1 year ago: Technology has altered the landscape of school and has changed how students and teachers think about … more →
Meeting for Worship, Schoolchildren, and You
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Mark Franek wrote 2 years ago: There is no manual for how heads of schools and teachers should lead—or follow—in meeting for worshi … more →
Friends and Cyberspace: The Many Doors to Meeting for Worship Include the Virtual
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Mark Franek wrote 2 years ago: Does a virtual reality offend our understanding of how the Inner Light or Truth can be made manifest … more →
My Summers in Cool Eden (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Mark Franek wrote 3 years ago: [This story originally appeared in the travel section of the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, March … more →
The Business of Controversial Topics (Teaching Tolerance Journal)
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Mark Franek wrote 3 years ago: [This essay originally appeared in the educational journal called Teaching Tolerance, spring 2006. H … more →
Foiling Cyberbullies in the New Wild West (Educational Leadership journal)
Mark Franek wrote 3 years ago: [This essay appeared in the December 2005 issue of Educational Leadership. Click here to view a pdf … more →
The Rookie Year: First-Year Advice from a Second-Year Teacher (English Journal)
Mark Franek wrote 14 years ago: [Published in the English Journal in February 1995 (Vol. 84, No. 2). Click here to see a clipping o … more →
Shoot the Author, Not the Reader (English Journal)
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Mark Franek wrote 4 years ago: [Published in the English Journal, July 2005.] I have taught The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn to h … more →
