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

2001-2002 School Year On the anniversary of 9/11 every year, I think of the power of community and caring. My memory of that day is forever linked to the early childhood educators of Cherry Preschool, who were a caring community trying to manage their own terror to shield young children and comfort their families. Those kids are now adults. I doubt they have any memory of the day at all, but my colleagues and I at Cherry Preschool will never forget it. Because it was what w

Published in ChicagoNow, August 20, 2014 I have always been the type of person who could see the other side. That’s not at all the same...