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…
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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…
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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…
Read MoreDear President Obama…
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…
Read MoreHappy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
You know what is lacking in urban schools sometimes? Happy people. Now I recently discovered that happiness is contagious and I would really like some…
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Judge each day not by the harvest, but by the seeds you plant…[anonymous] As I’m trying to collect stories about The Teachable Moment*, I have…
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