My Radical Wish List for Public Education
A school shooting 40 minutes down the road on January 4. Two lives lost, including the shooter’s. Seven more wounded, including the...
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to.
Yesterday was my birthday. I’m 49. I wish that, long ago, I had started a log of all the things I learned or realized or noticed since my...
All Boys Aren't Blue, Sex Positivity, & How to Discuss
A couple of weeks ago, Fisher and the rest of the 5th grade split rooms -- boys in one, girls in another -- and learned about puberty. He...
Mondays: Cynicism is a foreign antibody.
Molecular Fatigue. I’ve been excessively tired for months – like, in bed by 8:30, tired. (Although, it’s currently10pm.. I’m writing from...
little bright dots like pearls
Yesterday was Fisher’s birthday. He is 11. I pulled out the old camcorder my parents gave his dad and I when Fisher was born. I pulled...
School. (What do you want?)
What world do you want? I am a school psychologist. I have been a school psychologist for 15 years. I have worked in tiny rural districts...
