Sitting on the Amtrak train heading down to DC I’m thinking about what lies ahead at the Mom Congress on Education and Learning. Sponsored by Parenting Magazine and Georgetown University, the Mom Congress consists of one chosen representative from each state and DC. I was fortunate enough to be picked to be the New York [...]
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Heading to the Mom Congress on Education & Learning
Posted in education, tagged Cathie Black, education reform, Georgetown University, Gifted Education, Jamie Oliver, mom congress, new york city, White House on April 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The Joke that Sorta Made Me Cry
Posted in education, tagged Education, education reform, Whitney Tilson, Wisconsin on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This joke landed in my inbox today as part of an email blast I get from Whitney Tilson, a member of DFER (Democrats for Education Reform.) I have hugely mixed emotions about DFER and Whitney Tilson that I will get into at another time. And his inclusion of this joke is one of the reasons [...]
Why Aren’t Parents Rioting in the Streets?
Posted in education, politics, rant, society, tagged charter schools, Education, egypt, for-profit school, joel klein, new york city, nyc public schools, parenting, Private school, PTA, riots on February 2, 2011 | 46 Comments »
This is the question an educator asked me yesterday. A private school educator in New York City. We were among over 200 people invited to Barry Diller’s IAC headquarters in Chelsea to have lunch and listen to the presentation for a brand new private school in Manhattan called Avenues The World Schools. I wasn’t invited [...]
Parental Involvement in Schools – How Thomas Friedman Missed the Point
Posted in education, family, life in nyc, parenting, politics, rant, society, tagged budget cuts, Education, education reform, family, new york times, nyc public schools, parental involvement, PTA, public school, Thomas Friedman on November 28, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This past week Thomas Friedman wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Times, U.S.G and P.T.A, about parental involvement making a difference in student achievement. When I first read the article I yawned. Tell me something I don’t know. Kids do better when parents are involved? Of course. Kids do better when parents lay down [...]
A (Conference) Room of One’s Own
Posted in blogging, books, education, politics, rant, society, technology, writing, tagged A Room of One's Own, Blog World Expo, blogher, conferences, feminism, Technorati, Virginia Woolf, web 2.0 on November 18, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about girls – the way they socialize, the way they learn, the way they are taught and the way they are perceived. We’ve been looking at sleep-away camps for my daughters over the last couple of months and the one thing both of them requested is an all [...]
Stop Copying Me! Plagiarism, Scraping & Other Unwanted Forms of Flattery
Posted in blogging, blogging angels, education, podcasts, technology, tagged blogging, blogging angels, Education, high school, plagiarism, writing on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, in this week’s Blogging Angels podcast I actually admit to cheating in High School by handing in my boyfriend’s report on Crime and Punishment the year after he had handed in the very same paper. In my defense I had read the book in 9th grade and so in a little sociology experiment decided [...]
Back To School Resolutions (And a Snapfish Giveaway to Help)
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, parenting, Y! Motherboard, tagged back to school, Education, giveaway, Jewish holiday, new year, organization, parenting, PTA, Rosh Hashanah, snapfish on September 1, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Yes a good portion of the country is already back at school but here in NYC we still have a week to go – and then we have only one day before we’re off for two days because of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah – The Jewish New Year. (Yes that’s right, here in NYC [...]
Look Out Ahead: Too Many Kids, Too Few Schools : Westside Independent
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, parenting, westside independent column, tagged Education, nyc public schools, parenting, raising kids in the city, upper west side on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Look Out Ahead: Too Many Kids, Too Few Schools : Westside Independent I’m up on my virtual soapbox. How bad is the school overcrowding situation on the Upper West Side? Check out my latest parenting column in the Westside Independent.
It’s All About the Teacher
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, parenting, tagged Education, nyc public schools, parenting, teacher apprecation day, teaching on May 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. I’m sure there’s a Hallmark card out there for it, but the only reason I know about it is through the various teachers and educators I follow on twitter. (Those tech minded teachers are a very chatty and resourceful bunch!) It’s funny to me that Teacher Appreciation Week is [...]
My Daughters are Poets (and now everyone knows it)
Posted in books, education, kids, life in nyc, tagged children's books, nyc public schools, parenting, poetry, twins on April 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I don’t usually publicly brag about my daughters but I am making an exception for this. Thursday, April 29th was Poem in Your Pocket Day in NYC. All the children in my daughters’ school carried poems in their pockets and read them aloud to each other, to teachers, to administrators and to whomever would listen. [...]
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