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

Published in ChicagoNow, February 5, 2014 It's been over 25 years since Robert Fulghum published Everything I Wanted to Know I Learned in...

Published in ChicagoNow, February 3, 2014 When my kids were growing up, parents seemed to fall into two groups regarding grades. There...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 30, 2014 The guy in the mask is my four-year-old grandson who “attends” preschool five half-days a week...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 29, 2014 As I shared in an earlier post, I have been meeting for over 20 years with parents at Cherry...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 27, 2014 (Cartoon by Marcia Liss) I just led a meeting for parents whose children will be starting...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 24, 2014 My granddaughter, a second grader, was punished along with half of her classmates for playing...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 22, 2014 Recently, we went out to lunch with three of our grandchildren and their parents. Thank...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 20, 2014 Educating children with special needs in the least restrictive environment and including them...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 17, 2014 I recently found part of a love letter written to one of my daughters over 20 years ago when...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 10, 2014 (cCartoon by Marcia Liss) Now I’m really angry! Cherry Preschool, which I founded and directed,...