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 | Apr 28, 2014 | family, sports
I’m not a good mom. I don’t know that sign ups for stuff are seven calendar years before the stuff actually happens. I operate like this: I smell mud on the ground–I think about baseball season. The chill is still slightly in the air, but my...
by Dawn | Dec 4, 2013 | parenting
I survived Parent Teacher Conference last night. As a parent, I go out of respect. I know the poor teacher has to be there, and she’s amazing. As a teacher, I’m sad dragging parents across six towns to wait in line for ten minutes with me. They worked a...
