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

Yes, it’s me! Posted in ChicagoNow, May 6, 2014 Forty-five years ago, I stood in front of my students at Niles East High School in...

Posted in ChicagoNow, May 1, 2014 I have a cousin who makes fountain pens with inkwells. When I asked his sister why, she explained that...

Otto Tasche & Muji Pocket Pen by Glenn Strong Published in ChicagoNow, May 1, 2014 I have a cousin who makes fountain pens with inkwells....

Posted in ChicagoNow, April 22, 2014 I have lived in the same house in southeast Evanston for almost 40 years. Just two blocks away, at...

Posted in ChicagoNow, April 14, 2014 Boy, has the report card changed over generations. My parents received letter grades in the basic...

Reading when not in school Published in ChicagoNow, March 27, 2014 You would think a former teacher and English major with a master’s...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 7, 2014 In its March 6, 2014 editorial in the printed paper, the Chicago Tribune asks, “Where is the harm...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 2, 2014 Dr. Seuss died in 1991, ten years before the No Child Left Behind Act passed Congress and long...

Published in ChicagoNow, February 21, 2014 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) I’ll confess I’m no math whiz. I dropped out of helping my kids with...

Published in ChicagoNow, February 19, 2014 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) As this “winter of our discontent” rages on with heaps of snow...