Twitter Chats
My best ideas come from Twitter these days. Each week I participate in three Twitter chats–#EllChat, #PTChat, and #BlackEd. Each group provides me with new inspiration and keen insights into the challenges our children face in a badly broken school system. My only regret is there is no easy way to harness the power of [...]
Finland: A Love Story
I have often been told I should work for the Finnish tourist bureau. Truth of the mater is I fell in love with Finland the way some people fall in love with people over the Internet–sight unseen. I was in my final year of graduate school, at Washington University in St Louis, when I decided [...]
Linda
In September 2001, shortly after the terrorist attacks in New York City, I drove to the Hunters Point area of San Francisco. I was scheduled to read to small children at a daycare center. Even though the city was frozen by fear, I felt it was important to keep my date. I drove through streets [...]