About

The Thoughtful Teacher is about education fact and opinion from a career teacher: leadership, instructional strategies, ed tech for digital immigrants, classroom assessment, and the missing assessment link, standards-based grading.

Hugh O’Donnell is a husband, father, third gen teacher (retired) surrounded by teachers. Business owner, fly fisher, photographer. Board of Education member 2003-2007, 2007-2011.

Masthead photo of Chris O’Donnell, on a classic Lower Deschutes River steelhead run, copyright 2005 by Joel Strimling. Used with permission.