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

I am heartbroken over how the pandemic impacted my grandchildren. What they lost can never be fixed.

On November 30, 2023, the City of Evanston Equity and Empowerment Commission held a special meeting with one agenda item. It was to vote...

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Supposedly, Einstein wrote this on a...

Gathering in the parking lot to celebrate the school opening Published in ChicagoNow, June 7, 2019 The early childhood program I founded,...

That smile vanished when I entered the school building Published in ChicagoNow, July 25, 2018 Do you remember the cloak room or folding...

Citizens who are literate make informed decisions Published in ChicagoNow, July 10, 2018 In my home town of Detroit, children do not have...

Published in ChicagoNow, September 18, 2017 Evanston, Illinois supports its public schools. Last spring, we even voted for a referendum...

Published in ChicagoNow, August 28, 2017 I took my granddaughter who is entering middle school shopping to buy a “first day of school...

Published in ChicagoNow, April 18, 2017 In my community of Evanston, Illinois, we paid our taxes today. We also voted in a recent...

Thrilled to receive Hamilton for Hanukkah Published in ChicagoNow, December 30, 2016 We Should be Teaching our Kids More History in...