- Feb 27, 2019
Including People with Disabilities in Religious Life
Pure joy carrying the Torah at practice Published in ChicagoNow, February 27, 2019 I have been writing about how many religious...
- Feb 16, 2019
The Power of Community: Finding Lucy
Published in ChicagoNow, February 16, 2019 Lucy is one lucky dog. She had just joined my daughter’s family, a rescue dog with a sad...
- Oct 18, 2018
A Caring Community Creates a Playground for Children with Disabilities
The Happy Ending to the Evanston Park School Playground Story Published in ChicagoNow, October 18, 2018 “The future which we hold in...
- May 7, 2018
Evanston Technology Decision Leaves Some Kids Behind
Photo by Brad Flickinger Published in ChicagoNow, May 7, 2018 This is an educational tale of two tweens. My granddaughters are six months...
- Mar 29, 2018
Schools Need Custodians Who Care, Not Outsourced Companies that Don't
Photo by Mellierene4 via Flickr Published in ChicagoNow, March 29, 2018 Gus Lira has been Cherry Preschool’s custodian for most of its...
- Dec 7, 2017
Special Education for Evanston High School Students: If You Build It Should They Come?
Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2017 Many Evanstonians were outraged by a highly insensitive comment by Alderman Ann Rainey about...
- Dec 7, 2016
Warren Cherry: Trump or God or Obama?
Warren Cherry's portrait on the preschool wall Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2016 Every year for the past twenty-four years, I...
- Nov 24, 2016
Thanksgiving Tribute to the Cherry Preschool Founders: There Were no Selfies Then
The Cherry Preschool founding board (two members missing) Published in ChicagoNow, November 24, 2016 When the founding board of Cherry...
- Nov 9, 2016
Some Thoughts About Yesterday’s Election
There is still joy and beauty and happiness and love in my world. Published in ChicagoNow, November 9, 2016 Today is the anniversary of...
- Oct 10, 2016
Bullying, Setting Kids on Fire, Creepy Clowns, Locker Room Talk, and Other Hated Filled Acts
These kids deserve a better world Published in ChicagoNow, October 10, 2016 This is not the world I had hoped my eight grandchildren...