Some time last fall, before MacKale got sick, SDE (Staff Development for Educators) contacted me to ask if I might be willing to present this summer at their National I Teach K and Differentiated Instruction conferences in Vegas.  While I was a bit nervous at the prospect, I accepted their offer.  But then, of course, my teaching world as I knew it came to a screeching halt.  I wavered back and forth, not knowing where I would be or where MacKale would be in his treatment this summer.  I felt ... VIEW POST