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On February 2nd, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter. Needless to say, after months of digging myself out of snow banks, skidding on ice, and hiding beneath mountains of blankets, I was a little frustrated....
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When I was a teacher at six different institutions over the course of several decades there was one thing that remained consistent: my dread over parent conferences. Roughly 95% of those conferences were very pleasant and actually provided information about...
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I wrote this when my daughter was three and a half and thought I would share with a community that would likely understand… She is my beautiful staring princess, lashes that lilt upwards gracefully at 30 degrees, glisten with a...
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Some great recommendations here if you have a child with ADHD....
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Thanks to the Huffington Post for brightening my day! 50 Tweets That Sum Up Remote Learning For Parents It’s officially a new school year and, needless to say, it’s going about as well as anyone would’ve guessed. While plenty of...
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I ran across this article in the New York Times, a thought-provoking one on the homeschooling phenomenon, and thought I would share it: Pods, Microschools and Tutors: Can Parents Solve the Education Crisis on Their Own? As school openings remain...
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Tips for college students dealing with Stress and Anxiety of Pandemic: 1. Know that it is okay to feel how you are feeling.It is normal during this crazy time to experience feelings of sadness, anger, frustration, anxiety, or all of...
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In July of 2011, Columbia university community college released a study delineating a much higher dropout rate for online and hybrid college learning models.  This is a huge concern, of course, with most US institutions planning some form of altered...
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Samantha Roberts, who lives in Brooklyn, NY, is the second of five siblings, and aspires to be an entrepreneur in her future career. In her junior year of high school, she took three AP classes while simultaneously participating in a...
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Like many others I’d imagine, I’ve been watching the recent protests with much compassion. Coming from a background of white privilege, I don’t feel like I can say much about it, so I will leave it at this: the BLM...
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