I want to warn you – I am not coping well. I am not coping with the hatred, bigotry and lack of humanity I can’t stop watching and reading about on social media, 24 hour news cycles and newspapers. I am teary and angry and unable to stay silent. Truthfully, I am also at a […]
Category: Equity & Social Justice
Why I LOVE My Child’s IEP (& hope their teachers do too)
Anyone who has navigated the special education system as a parent or caregiver knows that it is a challenge. The temptation when discussing these experiences is to focus on the bureaucracy, the labels and the barriers to learning and lack of understanding. I could also do the same. I could tell you with brutal honesty […]
Why Language Matters to the Conscious Mind
Someone once told me that they stopped following my Twitter account because it was so “ADHD” – meaning I am too into everything. (I could unpack how offensive it was to use a term for mental illness as an adjective but let’s assume we can all agree on that one for now.) This critic could […]
Owning My Ignorance
My recent post about setting personalized reading goals for myself was simply a way to celebrate a love of reading/literacy and encourage lifelong learning. In my roles as teacher librarian, ESL teacher, teacher of students with special education needs, equity & social justice advocate, parent, ally and human being, I feel that these simple goals guide […]