by Dawn | May 5, 2014 | education reform, Zen
I wrote the following piece for ConversationEd. You can see it posted there today. If you’re in the ed crowd, please take a minute to pop over there. Editor and creator Kathleen Jasper is starting the tough conversations. “Education is broken. We’re...
by Dawn | Jan 31, 2014 | education reform, Teaching
I woke from a nightmare. I was taking standardized tests. I bombed. I’m glad it was a dream.It’s standardized test season, a time that strikes more fear in the hearts of schools than a life-sized poster of the Bieber mug shot. Everyone’s defined by...
by Dawn | Jan 6, 2014 | parenting, Teaching
Whoever’s teaching these kids to read–stop. I know, you’re amazing. You have a magic about you. One day, I put Declan on the bus. Seven hours later, he got off spelling. Mysterious! I like that he’s lying on the floor reading books about bugs...
by Dawn | Dec 21, 2012 | education reform, Teaching
It’s between classes. I’m looking down the hallway at the kids running around, scattering in every direction in the five minutes between classes. I’m remembering what it felt to be one of those kids. The kid with the outrageous fashion, the kid talking to...
