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Edward Lentol
Instructional Support Interventionist at NYC DOE
Lifelong NYC resident with a year spent in Prague, Czech Republic and several months in Sydney Australia. Currently living in Brooklyn. Independent film actor. Twenty-five years working with adults living with alcoholism and drug addiction as an avocation.
Articles
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
Health and Mental Wellness
How to Be a Hero Without Pants: Call In Sick and Save the Day
<p class="mb-4">Let me paint a vivid, mucus-filled picture: it's Monday morning, and I shuffle into my classroom, already suspicious of the faint chor...
February 6, 2026Read article
EducationLeadership Perspectives
The Pivot Paradox: How Stepping Sideways Became My Biggest Step Forward
<p class="mb-4">Until recently, I thought I had found my rhythm as an educator and supervisor. I was the person who floated between roles, supporting ...
January 23, 2026Read article
Education
The Inferno, Elementary Edition: Lessons from the Lunchroom
<p class="mb-4">If Dante had written <em>The Inferno</em> from the perspective of an elementary school teacher, the ninth circle wouldn’t be fire - it...
January 16, 2026Read article
Education
Chaos and Chocolate Milk: Confessions of an Overconfident New Teacher
<p class="mb-4">My first year teaching: I was not merely a teacher. I was a visionary. I believed I was about to singlehandedly dismantle educational ...
January 2, 2026Read article
Education
When Your Browser Betrays You: Teaching Digital Professionalism in the Age of TikTok
<p class="mb-4">It all started during a school assembly we had painstakingly planned for weeks. The auditorium was packed with students, staff, and ev...
December 21, 2025Read article
Education
The Art of the Tiny Deal: Negotiation Lessons from the Juice Box Generation
<p class="mb-4">Let's get one thing straight: negotiation, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is “discussion aimed at reaching an agreement....
December 11, 2025Read article
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