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Edward Lentol
Instructional Support Interventionist at NYC DOE
Lifelong NYC resident (with brief stints in Prague & Sydney). Currently living in Brooklyn. Twenty years in education. Independent film actor. Twenty-five years working avocationally with adults recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction.
Articles
Education
“Your Mom” Just Cost Me My Prep Period
<p class="mb-4">At 7:42 a.m., I am standing in the hallway holding a walkie, a coffee that has already gone cold, and a mental checklist that looks li...
July 6, 2026Read article
Education
What If Summer Didn’t Feel Like a Daily Argument With Someone Under 4 Feet Tall
<p class="mb-4">It is 10:17 in the morning. Your child is dramatically slumped over the kitchen table, staring at a summer packet like it has personal...
June 25, 2026Read article
EducationLeadership Perspectives
A Parable: Weng, Lotnel, and the Year-Long Desert Crossing
<p class="mb-4"><br>It began, as all long journeys do, with a promise that felt lighter than the load it would become.</p><p class="mb-4">In a land wh...
June 15, 2026Read article
EducationCommunication and SpeechUnderserved Populations
The History Exists: How & When Do We Teach Queer Narratives?
<h2 class="mb-4 mt-6"><strong><em>"What do I know? Who needs to know? Have I told them?” </em></strong>- Jim Mattis</h2><p class="mb-4">Some stories a...
June 6, 2026Read article
Education
Are Teachers Quietly Proving That Humans > Programs?
<p class="mb-4">Once upon a time in elementary school, “data‑driven instruction” meant counting how many glue sticks were left and praying the TV cart...
June 1, 2026Read article
Professional Development and TrainingLeadership PerspectivesEducation
How to Host a ‘Collaborative’ Meeting that Feels Like Captivity
<p class="mb-4">The email arrived at 7:12 a.m.</p><p class="mb-4">Subject: “Exciting Opportunity to Collaborate!”</p><p class="mb-4">Ah yes. The corpo...
May 20, 2026Read article
Education
The Biggest Boat in the Whole Universe and I Think it's Also a Transformer
<p class="mb-4">There are two kinds of silence in a school building: the peaceful kind… and the deeply suspicious kind. This morning as three kinderga...
May 15, 2026Read article
EducationElections
Caring About Kids Is Hard Work. Who Signed Me Up for This?
<p class="mb-4">At 7:42 a.m., I’m tying a kindergartener’s shoelace with one hand and holding a stack of decodable readers with the other, while a fir...
May 8, 2026Read article
Education
Phones, Fidgets, and Fifteen Distractions: Teaching Focus in a World That Pings Back
<p class="mb-4">There’s a very specific look students get when you say, “Alright, eyes up here.” It’s not defiance. It’s not confusion. It’s more like...
May 3, 2026Read article
Education
Stop AirDropping Knowledge; Make Students Download It with Thought
<p class="mb-4">Last Tuesday, I left my literacy small group riding a wave of confidence. My objectives were clear, my visuals were sharp, and my less...
April 5, 2026Read article
Education
Shiny New Programs, Same Old Kids: Why Good Teaching Still Wins
<p class="mb-4">By third period on a Tuesday, I had already taught three different versions of fractions. At 8:15 a.m., I was using last year’s math c...
March 8, 2026Read article
EducationYouth Services
Snow Day Schedule: Mastering the Science of Acceptable Child Labor at Home
<p class="mb-4">I’m an educator in a Brooklyn public school, which means I know two things very well:</p><ol><li><p class="mb-4">Kids have unlimited e...
February 22, 2026Read article
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