Kindergarten Homework is Absurd
The Valentine train he drew instead of the homework Published in ChicagoNow, February 19, 2015 My grandson has kindergarten homework. ...
Feb 19, 2015
Photos and Little White Lies
Published in ChicagoNow, February 18, 2015 “The camera never lies.” When photography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, the...
Feb 18, 2015
6 Random Acts of Kindness for a Winter Day
Bostonians are tough, but this is ridiculous Published in ChicagoNow, February 17, 2015 Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, another one...
Feb 17, 2015
Special Education, the PARCC Test, and Opting Out
Commonly attributed to Albert Einstein Published in ChicagoNow, February 11, 2015 Just how should a student with special needs that...
Feb 11, 2015
Valentine’s Day is a Good Time to Celebrate Friendship and Inclusion
Posted in ChicagoNow, February 9, 2015 There are lots of aspects of middle school that create PTSD in highly successful and competent...
Feb 9, 2015
Looking at Diversity Through a Different Lens
Published in ChicagoNow, February 5, 2015 My youngest daughter was part of the last cohort of half-day kindergarteners in my community of...
Feb 5, 2015
How Teachers Impact the Lives of Children with Special Needs
Published in ChicagoNow, February 4, 2015 My granddaughter, who has so much trouble with her expressive language, has no trouble letting...
Feb 4, 2015
How School Closings and Snow Days Hurt our Kids
Looking out my back door this morning Published in ChicagoNow, February 2, 2015 Today it makes sense to close school. Roads are unsafe...
Feb 2, 2015
Comcast, we need to break up
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, January 13, 2015 I know, old habits die hard and breaking up is hard to do. But Comcast...
Jan 13, 2015
PARCC Standardized Test Divides Evanston – Part II
Published in ChicagoNow, January 12, 2015 Back in 1969 when I was teaching high school English, a colleague questioned how I gave a...
Jan 12, 2015