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Kristen McConnell, a nurse with an opinion, got 5 minutes of fame last week, and I take exception to nearly all of it… starting with her using the fact that she’s a nurse in the midst of a pandemic to … Continue reading →

I don’t know if this is helpful. The world shifts with the loss of your mother. It is forever divided into two parts… life with her in it and life without. She is changed by death, and we are changed … Continue reading →

To all the people who argue that Michael Vick did his time and paid his debt, I know. It’s hard for you. He was a great quarterback or whatever… But, he was also something else. Here’s your trigger warning. If … Continue reading →

On Standards and Content Pondiscio is right. He argues almost daily for standards in skill acquisition… often focusing on issues of early reading. He regularly calls for a return to explicit phonics instruction.(Right there with you, RP.)  Decoding as a … Continue reading →

Vinson and I went back and forth on this image on facebook. He says basically… don’t trip and re-elect Trump. You may have to hold your nose. To which I say this: (ps… This is not about HRC. I voted … Continue reading →

America is a bi-partisan members only club You count as a fetus but not as a kid. You count as a kid but not as a worker. You count as a young worker but not as an old worker. You … Continue reading →

Comment left on a post by a writer named Zachary Wright who wrote a quick little piece for Education Post. Apparently, Wright had a long career in the classroom. He was a teacher of the year… a finalist for something something…. he spent 8 … Continue reading →

Last summer, my husband was flying his little drone around the yard and it got tangled in a pine trees out of reach at 30 feet up.  I didn’t care about the drone. But, I got invested in solving the … Continue reading →

It wasn’t a surprise when Betsy DeVos observed teachers “waiting to be told what they have to do.” If there was anything surprising it was that she bothered to comment on it.   It marked her as an outsider.  Everyone … Continue reading →