
- Mar 12, 2015
Excessive Testing Removes Bulletin Boards and Children’s Imaginations
From Meriwether Lewis Elementary Published in ChicagoNow, March 12, 2015 A Chicago Public School teacher, who served as a proctor for the...

- Mar 11, 2015
I Quit my Job, and That’s the Day my Life Changed
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, March 11, 2015 Of course, there are so many pivotal days that change a person’s life. For...

- Mar 9, 2015
What Schools Could Learn about the Importance of Recess from a Third Grade Science Fair Project
Cartoon by Marcia Liss` Published in ChicagoNow, March 9, 2015 On Tuesdays, I watch my third-grade granddaughter after school. My...

- Mar 6, 2015
Still Rethinking the School Calendar
Published in ChicagoNow, March 6, 2015 While watching Morning Joe yesterday, I almost fell off of my exercise bike when they happily...

- Mar 2, 2015
More Absurd Kindergarten Homework
Published in ChicagoNow, March 2, 2015 If you thought it was crazy to expect a 5-year-old who can’t read yet to do “reading...

- Feb 25, 2015
Seasonal Shopping: It’s Below Zero Outside and I Need Gloves
This boy needs some boots, and that fit. He also needs his own hat and mittens but will be stuck with his sister’s stuff until next year...

- Feb 23, 2015
Rethinking the School Calendar
Published in ChicagoNow, February 23, 2015 A recent posting on the Evanston, Illinois Parent Facebook page exclaimed, “According to...

- Feb 19, 2015
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 18, 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 17, 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...