Monday, January 29, 2018

Just teach my kid the

“If all our assessments are about computation with speed, for which memorization without understanding is a good strategy for surviving, then we are hypocrites. Let’s be honest and true to our goals, even with testing.” Good read on math reform, but you have to read it all.
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Saturday, January 27, 2018

A Letter To Ally Parents, From Your Lesbian Friend

Love this. I only just recently started talking to my son about being interested (romantically) in any of his peers. And, thanks to time spent with kids in GSA at work, I’ve been careful to say “anyone” rather than “any girls.” And I outright told him it would be totally normal to start noticing people “in that way,” and female or male would be just fine. (But I didn’t always think or speak this way. I grew. Others can too. And I’m not done yet.)
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#MeToo isn’t enough. Now women need to get ugly | Barbara Kingsolver


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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

MERIT 2018


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The Fascinating Town In New Jersey That Is Straight Out Of A Fairy Tale

I lived a block away from the red mill right before I moved to California. This was where my last teaching job in NJ was.
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