- Oct 21, 2013
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Published in ChicagoNew, October 21, 2013 My four-year-old grandson will be one of the youngest boys in next year’s kindergarten class. ...
- Oct 14, 2013
Good Teaching is Not a Mathematical Formula
Published in ChicagoNow, October 14, 2013 After being a teacher for seven years and supervising teachers for 25 years, I still firmly...
- Oct 11, 2013
A good side of ageism?
Kindness & civility may finally be yours! Published in ChicagoNow, October 11, 2013 “Can you help me, dear? I’m 90 years old and can’t...
- Oct 7, 2013
Inclusion Classrooms and Children with Special Needs
Published in ChicagoNow, October 7, 2013 Just saw a woman at the nail salon (where else?) who taught my children 30 years ago. At that...
- Oct 4, 2013
Parents Need to Advocate for Children in our Schools
Published in ChicagoNow, October 4, 2013 I often gave a presentation to parents of children about to enter kindergarten that straddled...
- Oct 2, 2013
Kindergarten Class of 2014: Color Outside Those Lines!
Published in ChicagoNow, October 2, 2013 The nation’s five-year-olds filed into their schools for the first time last month, their faces...
- Sep 30, 2013
A Voice for Kids with Special Needs
Published in ChicagoNow, September 30, 2013 At age 68, I have found my voice – and I am lending it to the children with special needs who...
- Sep 26, 2013
Reinvented, Not Retired
My first blog post, published in Chicago Now, September 26, 2013 I’m entering the blogosphere at age 68, retired but not really. I was...
- Apr 18, 2006
Why Some School Kids Can’t Compete in Fitness Week
The school playground Published in ChicagoNow, April 18, 2016 My granddaughter came home last Monday with a Fitness Week worksheet from...