Today is one of those days where it just hits me: how lucky I am to have found the school I have for my kids. The amazing things they get to do make me wish I was in elementary school again. On a walking field trip last week, Zoë's class picked up pumpkins and other gourds … Continue reading Thankful That I Have Options
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It Really Takes All Of Us Coming Together
Today's post #1001 is a bit anti-climatic after my 1000th post yesterday. If a two years ago someone had told me I'd be sitting in the same room with someone from the Walton Family Foundation and working with them to create better educational options, I would have laughed. I would have thought that our causes … Continue reading It Really Takes All Of Us Coming Together
Choice Matters
I have long espoused that one of the problems I see with our current education system is that it operates as a one size fits all ideology. This is also the problem with many teacher education programs. One size fits all is a fallacy. We all aren't the same. Our kids aren't all the same. … Continue reading Choice Matters
Time For A Revolution
There has been a lot of attention given to the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. And I think it is great that we are finally standing up to the big corporations that have gotten us into the current economic crisis. The companies that have decided that profit at the cost of the citizenry of the US … Continue reading Time For A Revolution
Only Looking At The Suface Leads To A Titanic Failure
Just to warn you--this is a post about education. The debate about public education is infuriating. Not just because the only voices being heard or those of big corporate money, but because the emphasis is on the "magic bullet," the "quick fix," "the answer." Education is not something that can be fixed over night--even though … Continue reading Only Looking At The Suface Leads To A Titanic Failure
Embracing Imperfection 