Todd R. Nelson

Correspondent

Todd R. Nelson has worked in public and private education since 1979 in schools in Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, rural Maine, and Philadelphia.

He has been a Monitor contributor of Home Forum essays, poems, Op-Ed commentaries and feature articles since 1989.

For 10 years, he was a frequent commentator on Maine Public Radio. He publishes frequently in national and regional publications, writes a monthly column for Teachers.net, and is head of school at The School in Rose Valley outside Philadelphia.

He and his wife, Lesley, have three adult children.

Recent stories

• Holiday parenting: How the holiday liturgy of light creates a global family
• The holidays mean reflection via Dylan Thomas for one middle school class
• Election 2012: We're all candidates for change, especially middle-schoolers
• Kindergarten teacher: August dreams, the best laid lesson plans
• Grading teachers: Tone is part of the conspiracy of learning
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