I wrote this post in my head at about 4am this Saturday morning, when I awoke with anxiety about next school year. The past few…

Per my Sunday morning ritual, hubby and I watch Meet the Press and This Week while sipping coffee and eating waffles. In some ways, it’s…

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week! *party balloons fall digitally down your screen if I was fancy and knew how to insert an obnoxious pop-up situation*…

Husband is so great. Whenever there’s a news show about education, he TiVos it for me and we watch it together. Even on our 1st…

Question: What could possibly make 2 and a half million people stand in subarctic weather, crammed together for 6 hours waiting for a person to…

It turns out that once you do one thing in the media, it apparently catches on. Who knew? My kids and I were on the…

For those of you just joining us, it has been all Obama, all the time, here at Notes from the School Psychologist as we approach…

A few weeks ago, I wrote to NPR’s California Report about how my students inspired me to go to Obama’s inauguration (or rather, how my…

It’s no secret that I embrace our new president for the role he can play in providing hope to urban youth. I recently wrote about…

I love bad movies. I find them to be so relaxing because I know exactly what will happen in the end. Once you get the…