Mistake Making
Here’s the thing about mistakes – You can usually undo them! I believe it’s something to think about today in the United States, when you have the right to cast…
Category: student advocacy
Gifted Musings
I wonder……. Are gifted people ever spontaneous or always intentional? I seem to be the latter. My oldest is the latter. My middle son is the latter but wants to…
Slice of Life Tuesday: Advanced Educational Psychology, A Post for Educators
Over the weekend I arrived home from a brief vacation in Southern California. My sister was a DNP conference with her students. I tagged along with her, and was able…
How Can We Prepare Students to be Global Citizens When We Rarely Hire From”Outside” Our Own Communities?
Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, all with links to our community. Some of these people were students at our high school, student teachers in our classrooms, life long community members residing in…
Does New Educational Lingo Impede Progress?
Every few years, new educational buzzwords seem to surface. I remember first noticing this when we were in the third year of running a district wide Parent Support Group for…
Tenacity in Student Writing
Two years ago there was a particularly engaged and talented student in my writer’s circle group. She has been submitting writing samples to me on and off since I had…
System Change: What Does It Take?
Yesterday, I followed through on what I have been complaining about other people saying they were going to do but have not. I took action. I let someone, in a…
Use Your Voting Rights Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the school board election in our town. There are two incumbents and one challenger for two seats. Are you going to vote? How well do you feel you…
