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Friday Reflections: More confessions of a social networker
So, the battle with my inner social networker continues. The spouse forwarded an article to me last week about actor Bill Nye (The Science Guy) who collapsed while walking towards a podium to do a...
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Side-Eye Sunday: A better class of black role models
As a child, my role models were less famous than those admired by most Black children my age. I wanted to be like my cousin Cindy who was a world-traveler and had joined the Peace Corps. I admired my...
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Don’t settle for the ADD/ADHD label
My oldest daughter gives me the most gray hairs. At 17, I still have to manage her academically. When she was in 8th grade her grades were horrible. I was reteaching the material at home so she could...
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My life changed in a teen chat room
My teen love story – over a number of posts I will be sharing my first love story. As you read over the coming posts, you will understand that I had to purge the past. I must say it has helped me...
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Homeschooling Myths Debunked
Let’s clarify some of the most common misconceptions about homeschooling, because quite frankly, there are too many good reasons to homeschool and way too many myths associated with doing so. The...
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Hate Bill Gates’ Plans for Education? Got a Better Idea?
About a week ago our illustrious founder, Kristina Daniele, posted an article by Huffington Post reporter Gary Stager entitled, “Who Elected Bill Gates?” Normally I would just read an article such as...
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Teachers are not the enemy of education reform
There is a very popular idea that teachers do not want their students to be successful. That educators are really at fault for what ails the failing education system. Additionally, there is the popular...
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Educate parents rather than banning homemade lunches
Yeah…you read that right. How does that make you feel? It would be a bad day any day somebody would tell me I can’t send my child’s lunch to school. “Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to...
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The Fight for Troy Davis; a Fight for the Soul of the US
The Troy Davis case has awakened this site. Deneene Milner over at My Brown Baby wrote eloquently about her views on the Death Penalty saying: But then my brain takes over when I consider America’s...
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10 in Five for Us on the Web 1/15 – 1/19
1. Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Signs Transgender Equality Bill Into Law The transgender equal rights law will make Massachusetts the 16th state to treat transgender citizens as a protected class. The...
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