Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

Published in Huffington Post, January 16, 2018 Middle schoolers love computers, but I doubt they are using them to write. I was shocked...

Kendall Jenner Posted in ChicagoNow, January 8, 2018 Everyone wear black. I get it. Let’s make a statement. Let’s say #TimesUp. At the...

Proving to two of my granddaughters that I could bake Bubbe’s cake from scratch Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2018 Recently, I...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 26, 2017 I have finally accepted that texting is the only way to really reach my kids. I guess email is...

Published in ChicagoNow, June 12, 2017 Recently, a ChicagoNow writing challenge asked me to blog about something I rely on and can’t do...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2017 Many Evanstonians were outraged by a highly insensitive comment by Alderman Ann Rainey about...

Published in ChicagoNow, November 20, 2017 The irate parent had showed up for preschool with her three-year-old and baby in tow. When she...

In Springfield with Honest Abe & his family By Laurie Levy, November 13, 2017 Governor Bruce Rauner and Secretary of the Illinois...

Published in ChiagoNow, November 6, 2017 When we were attacked on September 11, 2001, I was the director of Cherry Preschool. After...

Halloween 1979 – a simpler era Published in ChicagoNow, October 31, 2017 When did Halloween evolve into such a huge deal? I have a hard...