A Test No One Wants to Give but Everyone has to Take
Photo by Anthony Quinn Published in ChicagoNow, October 28, 2014 Suppose a new children’s cereal came on the market. Its manufacturer...
Oct 28, 2014
Remembering Halloween Traditions Across Generations
Lots of $$$ choices at Pottery Barn Kids Published in ChicagoNow, October 23, 2014 I’m having a hard time remembering much about...
Oct 23, 2014
To the Parent of the Shy Kindergartener
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, October 21, 2014 Since when did shyness in a 5-year-old become something requiring...
Oct 21, 2014
Inequality, Poverty, and the Educational Reform Movement
Published in ChicagoNow, October 16, 2014 How can a brilliant man who received a rigorous education at a private school and graduated...
Oct 16, 2014
Teaching Science to Young Learners
Published in ChicagoNow, October 15, 2014 I’m no expert on teaching science to kindergarteners, but in over 30 years as an early...
Oct 15, 2014
Judy Blume’s Fudge and Today's Kindergarten Expectations
Published in ChicagoNow, October 13, 2014 One of my granddaughters is reading Super Fudge by Judy Blume. Published in 1980, the book was...
Oct 13, 2014
What’s in a Name? Finding Your Roots
Pauline Rose Levey Published in ChicagoNow, October 8, 2014 At first, all we had was a name – Pauline Rose. When my father-in-law,...
Oct 8, 2014
What will PARCC Testing do to our Teachers?
Published in ChicagoNow, October 6, 2014 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) Yesterday was World Teacher Day. In an ironic twist, an article in the...
Oct 6, 2014
How Student Essay Writing Has Changed Since 1969
Yes, it’s me! Published in ChicagoNow, October 1, 2014 You read that correctly. 45 years ago, I was teaching high school English at Niles...
Oct 1, 2014
Apple Picking Picked my Pocket
How do you like them apples? Worth $80? Published in ChicagoNow, September 29, 2014 What could be lovelier than going apple picking with...
Sep 29, 2014