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A Taste of Cherry Picking
Michael Winerip’s piece in the New York Times this Sunday, “Message From a Charter School: Thrive or Transfer,” tells the story of a mother whose bright but sometimes unruly son – age 5 – was counseled...
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Neighborhood Public Schools Are Where It’s At
A detail of the mural outside The Barclay School in Charles Village. Photo credit: Adam Bednar, North Baltimore Patch Here’s some brain food to tide you over between now and the end of Thanksgiving...
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The Thought Evolution of a City Mom: Backstory (2010)
The most important book I read in 2010 I was minding my own business the other day when an African-American man – a critic – tweeted at me about the first line of this post: ”‘I hadn’t much thought...
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My Kids Are Too Good for Public School, and Other Messages I Wish Wealthy...
My K-6 alma mater This post was inspired by two pieces – one local, one not – published January 13. Tell me if you don’t see a connection: 1) “Sending Kids to City Schools Still a Concern,” a feature...
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Four Hyperactive Parenting Trends and the Fight of the Shrinking Middle Class
Buy this book. More and more parents of at-least-modest means are taking their children’s education into their own hands. Without further ado, four trends: 1. Homeschooling (a.k.a. “DIY Education”) In...
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Three Pro-Public School Posts to Make You Smile
A parent-artist painted this mural in my neighborhood public school. What have you done for your public school lately? “If progressives want to improve schools, we shouldn’t empty them out. We ought...
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Ten Things You Should’ve Read About Education This Week (in case you haven’t...
Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Original caption: Fig. 1.--Fruit of the pine-apple (''Ananas sativa''), consisting of numerous flowers and bracts united together so as to form a...
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This Week in Baltimore Education News
These are three of the stories that jumped out at me this week. Lots of room to opine, but I am biting my tongue. (Trying my best, anyway). I said I’d spend only an hour a week on this blog. (Trying on...
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Tonight in Hampden: The Neighborhood School Event of My Dreams!
Not your mama’s PTO meeting. Tagged: Hampden, Hampden School #55, neighborhood schools
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Thank you, transformative Baltimore principals!
Thank you for saying this: “There is widespread belief among teachers and principals that traditional public schools are subsidizing charters. This should trouble parents in traditional schools,...
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