The pediatrician hinted about a disorder while I sat in a chair and he stood over my son's incubator. I left confused and in tears.⠀ The official diagnosis was handed to me without support in the NICU. I held my son, the doctor casually leaned on the empty...
I cried myself to sleep each Sunday night of the third grade. I was a newcomer to the school where the only other people I knew were my brother and a childhood friend—both not in my class.⠀ In a split 3/4 class where I was among the youngest students, I felt...
We don't need to be teachers to make a valuable contribution to education. Learning also happens outside the classroom and it requires community effort. Parents/guardians, step-parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, neighbors, and friends come together to...
Diversity, inclusion, and equity are often used interchangeably, but they aren't one and the same. The definitions are complex and ever-evolving.⠀ ⠀ I like to look at diversity, inclusion, and equity in these terms:⠀ Diversity is the presence of differences in any...
Homeschoolers are in a power position to break the cycle of lies society accepts about education. Parents are considered to be "good enough" to raise their children until about age 3, but then we are expected to hand our children off to a system of strangers because...
What have you been told by society about how much of a role you should have in your child's education? What does that role look like in their eyes? There is a constant inner-battle among homeschooling parents: our knowledge and conviction about how learning works...
I have been reflecting on how our societal conditioning forces us to be voiceless sheep in a loud herd. We live in a capitalist culture that values work over family, money over wellness, and busyness over rest. Schools are obsessed with children meeting standards...
I prepared, administered, and evaluated many an exam in my day in the classroom. Not one student ever stated they were exceptional test-takers. Not even mediocre test-takers. Every child was nervous, felt pressured to succeed, and then experienced the shame of...
Homeschoolers are in a power position to break the cycle of lies society accepts about education. Parents are considered to be "good enough" to raise their children until about age 3, but then we are expected to hand our children off to a system of strangers because...
What have you been told by society about how much of a role you should have in your child's education? What does that role look like in their eyes? There is a constant inner-battle among homeschooling parents: our knowledge and conviction about how learning works...
I have been reflecting on how our societal conditioning forces us to be voiceless sheep in a loud herd. We live in a capitalist culture that values work over family, money over wellness, and busyness over rest. Schools are obsessed with children meeting standards...
I prepared, administered, and evaluated many an exam in my day in the classroom. Not one student ever stated they were exceptional test-takers. Not even mediocre test-takers. Every child was nervous, felt pressured to succeed, and then experienced the shame of...