Welcome to my Lighthouse for Academic & Cultural Excellence blog!  As the 2018-2019 school year gets underway, I encourage every parent, teacher, school administrator, legislator and anyone concerned about the future of our education system in America to check out my latest book, If Teachers’ Hands Were Not Tied.  This book takes an in-depth look at the bureaucracy that is plaguing our schools and figuratively tying the hands of America’s educators.  It directly addresses issues on policies and procedures as the driving force in today’s classrooms due to the accountability implications tied to achievement test scores.  If Teachers Hands’ Were Not Tied pulls the curtain back on the disservice this approach creates for our children as it leaves little time for academic instruction on core subjects.  As an early childhood professor with 50 years of experience, I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to education. This book not only chronicles the problems with our education system, but offers realistic solutions on how untying our teachers’ hands and allowing them to actually TEACH, will properly prepare our children for the FUTURE and yield successful achievement test results.  Everybody wins when we get back to basics! Click here and pick up your copy (or gift a copy to an educator or parent) of If Teachers’ Hands Were Not Tied today!