This month has been interesting; a bit of a break from December and even January. Some people would say that has to do with Valentines Day and maybe it does. I won't tell you all the story of the real Valentine's Day because I suspect most of you know it already. No matter what the reason for the break, I'm glad of it ( Read more... )

Contrary to popular opinion and belief, violence in schools is actually declining. The reason people think it's rising tends to be media coverage. A great deal of attention gets paid to school violence, particularly school shootings and that increases the public awareness. That's a good thing but it gives the impression that it's a common ( Read more... )

[Reid is sitting in the library with a pile of papers in front of him. He's got a red pen and he's wearing glasses. His brow is furrowed, hair half falling in his eyes as he runs the pen across the paper at a speed much faster than he should be able to process what's on the page. He flips the paper over, marks on it with the same speed and then ( Read more... )