April 28, 2021 Last night, my first grader fixed his own dinner. “Mama, I invented a new recipe. It’s called PBBH: Peanut-butter-banana-honey sandwich! I want to make it all by
June 22, 2022 Now that you’ve had a few weeks to workshop your Summer iRules from Part 1 & Part 2 of this series, it’s time to bring it all
June 21, 2022 “We are greater than and greater for, the sum of us.” — Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper
June 15, 2022 When my daughter was in ninth grade, she had very little interest in engaging with me. Sure, she was happy to start a conversation about getting her
June 8, 2022 Sleep is a study strategy, sleep is a mood regulator, and there are practical ways for teens to improve the quantity and quality of their sleep. Those
June 1, 2022 Sickened by the mass shooting, disgusted by a lack of political leadership, and fearful for my students and for my own young children, I hammered out a
May 25, 2022 As we move through Part 1 of our Summer iRules agreements in principle, it’s time to start identifying some more specific rules you’d like to make regarding
May 18. 2022 A couple of years ago, I let my elementary-age daughter read through her progress report. It was full of positive feedback, so I thought she’d find it
May 11, 2022 Recently, I was in my office with Kieran, an eighth-grade boy who was complaining about being bored after school to his mom and me. “There’s nothing to
Republished from July 21, 2021 and originally published on Medium. This week, in the middle of election debate season, tangible climate crisis, pandemic return to school and continued racial and