>> It is hard to believe that it was 14 years ago that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed with great fanfare, promising to usher...[Read More]
Working Families
Articles >>Before I had kids, the word co-sleeping once felt like it was from a foreign tongue — one spoken only by hippie commune-dwelling mamas, or...[Read More]
>>It’s summer. I’m a teacher. I’m “off” (meaning that I’m lesson planning, writing recommendation letters, learning new software on my own time, etc.), so I...[Read More]
>>Take it from me, by the time you are in your 60’s you have experienced the highs and lows of female sexuality. The idea that...[Read More]
>> It just got easier for veterans to go to college in North Carolina. The North Carolina State Legislature has passed a law, >>SB 478,...[Read More]
>> I am sure I am not the only one who has been thinking a lot this week about courage, race, gay rights, and the...[Read More]
>>The carousel never stops turning. You can’t get off. Grey’s Anatomy uses that line from Ellis Grey with some regularity, and this summer I fully...[Read More]
>>A little more than 10 years ago, I stood in front of a crowd of my closest friends and was introduced as Mrs. Jennifer Ferris....[Read More]
>>The term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder summons the stereotypical image of the shell-shocked war veteran falling to pieces or raging at the slightest provocation. This...[Read More]
>>You’d be well within your rights to call me crazy. I’ve done a lot of wild things in my life: skydiving, rock climbing, amateur...[Read More]