Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

Published in ChicagoNow, February 3, 2014 When my kids were growing up, parents seemed to fall into two groups regarding grades. There...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 29, 2014 As I shared in an earlier post, I have been meeting for over 20 years with parents at Cherry...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 24, 2014 My granddaughter, a second grader, was punished along with half of her classmates for playing...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 10, 2014 (cCartoon by Marcia Liss) Now I’m really angry! Cherry Preschool, which I founded and directed,...

Published in ChicagoNow, January 8, 2014 “Welcome back from Winter Vacation (two days late in our area due to sub-zero weather), second...

Instead of in school, in a giant plastic ball in my basement Published in ChicagoNow, January 7, 2014 Come on Elsa (powerful ice queen...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 9, 2013 Today, December 9, 2013, is Raise Your Hand Day. In its message to Congress, the National...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 6, 2013 On December 3, 2013, the most recent scores from the Program of International Student...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 4, 2013 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) The first grade teacher tests her students in reading at the start of...

Published in ChicagoNow, November 22, 2013 (Photo: Rachel Monroe/Monroe's Dragonfly) Today, on the 50th anniversary of the assassination...