Repeal and Replace Robin Hood Funding Scheme I don’t know who likes the Robin Hood funding scheme that recaptures money from high property wealth districts and uses it to redistribute to low property wealth districts. This was the “brilliant” fix to the funding formula found to be be unconstitutional in the 1990s (history). Wealthier property…
Read moreCheck out the children’s title How You Got Your Name and the nonfiction title On Tyranny in this first set of reviews for 2025. How You Got Your Name by Trey Kennedy, illustrated by Jesus Lopez Concept: Origins of our names can be a fun story for children. The young boy asks his parents how…
Read moreWelcome to this post featuring YA and MG titles. Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole The first wolf I remember was bagging my mother’s groceries. I was fourteen and we’d just come from the pool. (That doesn’t mean I was wearing a bathing suit.That doesn’t mean I was wearing shorts.People always wonder what I was…
Read moreI’ve taught several courses in high school and college over the years that focused primarily on argument. I’ve used historical documents and presidential speeches at various times. January always provided an opportunity to examine an inaugural address or a state of the union speech. During the last decade, however, election content has exploded to a near…
Read moreWelcome to this post featuring both fiction and nonfiction. The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country by Howard Fineman We are the Arguing Country, born in, and born to, debate. The habit of doing so–the urgent almost neurotic need to do so–makes us unique and gives us our freedom, creativity,…
Read moreBTS professional development can be some of the best and some of the worst experiences. Why BTS PD Can Be Frustrating — For most teachers, BTS PD is dreaded. Primarily, I was frustrated by the amount of time taken up in meetings and trainings that did little or nothing to help me accomplish the real…
Read moreWelcome to this post featuring a middle grade and children’s book review The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera I Am Human: A Book of Empathy by Susan Verde; Art by Peter H. Reynolds As an Amazon Associate, Libro.fm, and Bookshop.org affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Read moreI remember books as always being a part of my childhood from Kindergarten onward. My mother loves to tell the grandchildren that I “flunked” coloring in Kindergarten. Evidently, I told the teacher I didn’t have time to color inside the lines. I don’t remember this interaction, but it’s believable because I thought coloring was a…
Read moreWelcome to this post about my latest fiction reads for adults, YA, middle grades, and children’s books. The Measure by Nikki Erlick — This debut novel was my latest book club read. Enter the Body by Joy McCullough As an Amazon Associate, Libro.fm, and Bookshop.org affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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