After An Educator's Journey

Out of the classroom & into the universe

Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.

I taught second, third and fourth graders. Teaching was my passion and joy for 30 years. And it didn’t hurt that they called me “mom” sometimes.

Tag: New York Times

Detroit’s Cautionary Tale

June 30, 2016

Yesterday’s New York Times carried the story of America’s failure to educate students. Detroit’s schools are a glimpse into an education future that should never be allowed to happen. When educators warn about creating a two-tier or caste system of schools, the glaring example of this has to be Detroit’s schools. Detroit has created education choice, but the rush…
It’s Not All That…..

October 26, 2011

I work in a smallish/medium sized urban school district. In recent years, the school budget has been cut so to eliminate instructional technology teachers and the staff holding up the technology infrastructure hangs on by their collective teeth. We are not an affluent community; no PTO is holding a raffle to…