$$$$: School-Wise and Other-Wise

A recent Education Week headline read, “Schools Are Heading into a Perfect Storm.” The reason: Their federal COVID-19 relief funds will start expiring this coming autumn—and must be all spent one year later. The result: lost jobs, fewer special programs such as...

Homework: Preparation Is Everything

With thanks to Tanya Lee of  abilityvillage.org for this guest post... Homework is never easy, and many kids struggle with the idea of bringing their least-liked activity home. And while it’s true that kids need downtime, a little bit of homework never hurt anyone,...

Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank You!!

When I was a kid… If someone opened or held a door for you, you thanked them. If someone handed you so much as a glass of water, you thanked them. If someone gifted you—even with something you hated—you thanked them, not with a phone call, email or text, but with a...

School-Wise News Update: From AI and History/Civics Instruction to Teaching Standards, Controversial Dress Codes and Political Tensions in Schools

   *** Three You/Gov/ More in Common surveys found that most of us, both Democrats and Republicans, want history instruction to include “both the triumphs and the dark chapters of American history." However, there's a “perception gap," meaning “the difference between...

Greeting Cards: In Decline or Making a Comeback?

  For young and old alike, nothing beats going to the mailbox and finding there, mixed in with all the bills, charity pleas, and catalogs, a greeting card--sometimes for no other reason than to say “’I’m thinking of you.” And best of all, sometimes a personal note is...