This past week I submitted my first college recommendations this school year for students attempting to gain early admission to colleges they consider their “first choice.” And many post-secondary institutions really comb those recommendations to glean a perspective on students that just cannot be ascertained from a transcript or score report. These colleges are trying … Continue reading Why I Write College Recommendation Letters – Velveeta Edition
Month: October 2016
Michelle Obama Just Won Hillary Clinton the Election Today, October 13, 2016
“And I have to tell you that I can't stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted. So while I'd love nothing more than to pretend like this isn't happening, and to come out here and do my normal campaign speech, it would be … Continue reading Michelle Obama Just Won Hillary Clinton the Election Today, October 13, 2016
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Map It And It Becomes Very Apparent That Medicaid Expansion Refusal Affects Schools
On Sept. 5th, I constructed a post concerning the high correlation between poverty, school performance grades, and the gerrymandered districts within North Carolina. Yesterday, NC Policy Watch referenced a study by the North Carolina Poverty Research Fund in Chapel Hill entitled “Putting a Face on Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina.” You can reference it here: http://www.law.unc.edu/documents/poverty/publications/medicaid_report_final.pdf … Continue reading Map It And It Becomes Very Apparent That Medicaid Expansion Refusal Affects Schools
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Willful Ignorance Is Not Bliss, But Rather Mean – McCrory’s Orwellian Contradiction
News that Gov. McCrory’s office asked public school leaders this past summer to find ways to cut their budget by as much as 2 percent should come as a surprise in an election year where he has touted his commitment to public education and a creation of a surplus in our current budget. But it … Continue reading Willful Ignorance Is Not Bliss, But Rather Mean – McCrory’s Orwellian Contradiction
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Renounce, Forest! Renounce! – An Open Letter to Dan Forest about His Slogan
Dear Lt. Gov. Forest, On my way to and from the public school where I teach, I see collections of your campaign signs grouped together at certain interchanges that cleverly repeat a line made famous by the Oscar Award winning film Forrest Gump – “Run, Forrest! Run!” Take away an “r” and you have a … Continue reading Renounce, Forest! Renounce! – An Open Letter to Dan Forest about His Slogan
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Buy The Damn Cookies! And Other Thoughts About School Fundraising
If you live in a neighborhood with children, you may have experienced receiving a knock on the door or the ringing of a doorbell by a school aged child inquiring if you may want to buy some sort of product or consumable as part of a fundraiser. I want to encourage you to buy it. … Continue reading Buy The Damn Cookies! And Other Thoughts About School Fundraising
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North Carolina’s Man-Made Educational Climate Change
NASA’s Global Climate Change website is dedicated to educating people about human influence on the environment. Under the “Scientific Consensus” tab it states, “Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals1 show that 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities” … Continue reading North Carolina’s Man-Made Educational Climate Change
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Malcolm, Mumford & Sons, and an Oxford Comma
It is not uncommon to receive a visit in the middle of the night our red-headed boy requesting one of our Iphones. Why? Music. Pure and Simple. Both his mother and I have downloaded songs that he likes the most: "Thriftshop" by Macklemore "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 "Gone, Gone, Gone" by Philip Phillips "I … Continue reading Malcolm, Mumford & Sons, and an Oxford Comma
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“Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be.” – What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Education Reform
400 years since he died. Four centuries. Multiple generations. New countries discovered. And we still read his work and revere it as a mirror of human nature. There is a bit of a revival taking place in some schools involving Shakespeare. The Common Core asks that student in each grade level come engage with Shakespeare … Continue reading “Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be.” – What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Education Reform
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A Letter to My Daughter – “Your Dad Is a Feminist”
McK, First, I want to let you know that you are the most important woman in my life. Always will be. Maybe society dictates that I should say your mother is the most important woman in my life, but she and I look at you and Malcolm as the most important woman and man in … Continue reading A Letter to My Daughter – “Your Dad Is a Feminist”
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