Education

The biggest challenge I am having right now as I look at social media is the frequent use of the pronouns “they” or “them”. Whatever side of the aisle you […]

Our cups overfloweth. Literally, every day. We overflow with the stress of it all. As I talk with educators, children, and families throughout the day, I continually think back to

I am as guilty as anyone of working on the weekends. Its weird though, I used to be able to spend a couple hours working on a Saturday morning and

Last spring, we went from running at full-force to slamming into the wall of COVID-19 face- first. We were stopped in our tracks. Forced to give up just about everything

As we face a school year like no other, I keep thinking back to a conversation I had with my superintendent when my mom was losing her battle with cancer.

This is one of those posts that I will write but not publish. Not yet. But, it will be cathartic to write down my feelings. I hope. When something hurts

I have a pet peeve with phrase, “I don’t know”. Not with the concept per se, because there are SO many things I don’t know. I use the phrase myself

This is not a “them” problem. This is a “me” problem. I am a middle class white woman who grew up with incredible privileges. I know that my skin color works

The other day one of my friends, an educational leader in Michigan, asked me how I was doing in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. I responded that I was

The teachers of Quincy Elementary epitomize the concept of “go big or go home”. Whether it is their love for students, the expectations they have of themselves, or prepping for