Fred Rogers, truly a good person, and his letters to a boy and his family after the boy sent mail to The Neighborhood.

Three Things I Used To Think About School Reform, very depressing and frustrating, and very much what I'm thinking and feeling about the profession, especially as our city prepares to add to our workload without compensation.

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When my mom got here Dec. 24, my husband put up the (very nice!) fake tree we got for free several years ago. Mom brought out the OMG GORGEOUS tree skirt (see icon for not-impressive rendition) she had made and put in 80+ hours on ( see detail here). It is amazing. She and the kids decorated the tree with just a little help from me (I got to ( Read more... )