In “I Work,” the second episode of the American Portrait documentary series, Jessica struggles with finding a new teaching job in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For Jessica, and for ...

My philosophy journey started in the military, went overseas and landed in the USA in the form of a doctoral focus on public policy and applied ethics. In retrospect, I realize, before my journey ...

My philosophy of education started off simple: Challenge students, and help them to learn and grow. With every year that I have taught, my philosophy of education has evolved. As it should.

“If I could choose one book to bring with me to a desert island, … it would absolutely be Plato’s ‘Republic.’ … I teach it every year, and I still discover new and exciting things, it still makes me ...

My presentations on American history drew heavily on Henry Steele Commager, whose book I fortunately had taken with me. My educational philosophy is simple: Learning should be fun.

I borrow my philosophy of education from Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of “The Little Prince”: “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don ...