By Tyler Dahlgren The streets of Odell are almost always quiet. As the sun set Tuesday night, silence echoed up and down the small village’s streets. I had my windows down, enjoying one of the first cool breezes of Autumn. It was a true joyride. An easy kind of peaceful. Completely still. Odell, I tell you, could have passed for a ghost town. But then I heard it. Climbing up Perry Street, still a...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren Oftentimes, it happens in the blink of an eye. Just like that. A Cross County teacher will pose a question with no direct route to the answer or present a problem with no one distinct solution, and their students, be them kindergarteners, fifth-graders or high school seniors, will feel their way to the correct answer. Oftentimes, this is when the lightbulb goes off, when a Cross...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren Jeff Cole was teaching in New York City when he was tasked with developing an internship program in the high school he served. A young and hungry educator, Cole accepted the challenge and dove in. The implementation process left him with two fundamental beliefs. First off, when building that type of program from the ground up, The Big Apple is a good place to be. Possibilities...Read More