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This morning I was reading some articles regarding the Common Core. For those of you who aren't educators, these standards have been set...

My students are writing "This I Believe" essays. It's a basic essay designed to get them to think deeply and assess what they ...

Friendship and kindness. Two wonderful themes to base a Young Adult novel upon. I just completed Wonder by R.J. Palacino. It's an inspi...

I love words. I love crafting them, reading them, and using them to change people's lives. I suppose this was the driving factor when I ...

Happy New Year's Eve! We are about to complete yet another year. Along with the top ten lists and nostalgic conversations, we are grante...

This weekend, I did quite a bit of traveling. I'm beginning to wonder if I should get rid of my apartment and live in my car. As I dr...

Merry Christmas! "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called...