Last night, strolling around my NYC neighborhood, I ran into my daughter’s kindergarten teacher. Gratitude and awe leaped across time, erasing the 18 years since my preschooler made that critical transition to the K-12 world. Pat Martinez had a classroom like no other: overflowing with colors, textures, print, science projects, books, blocks, plants, and art. [... click post title to read more ...]