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Are there 2020 silver linings? It depends on your perspective. It is easy to focus on the challenges – the illness and death, the social inequities, the digital divide highlighted by a nation forced into remote education. But if you look more closely at 2020, there are some silver linings, many of them in education. After more than two decades… Read More
Celebrating the Holidays 2020-Style Celebrating the holidays 2020-style will likely mean that they are smaller, quieter, and distanced. But you can celebrate and mark these festive occasions – and you may even find yourself creating some new traditions. Uncrowded Shopping Start by skipping the mall and shopping with small, local businesses, or online. Not only is parking easier (or not… Read More
Distance Learning Educators: What It’s Like For many, the pandemic has slowed the pace of life. Certainly millions of people have turned to unemployment relief as their jobs have literally evaporated. But many of those who have maintained their jobs have seen a recalibration of expectations, a shift in what is expected, and, of course, a major downshift in travel. … Read More
Do you need easy appetizer recipes? Are you ready to have a few people over for a physically distanced social gathering? Do you want easy appetizer recipes to serve – ideally in individual portions? Here are some easy appetizer recipes to share with friends and family – no matter the distance. Flavored Popcorn Start with easy, DIY microwave popcorn, by… Read More
Do you need to make time for some work at home self care? While many professionals have long had the opportunity to occasionally – or even regularly – work from home, the work at home world is new to most K-12 educators. Unless you work at an online school or alternative program, then your work has likely compelled you to… Read More
What are your Trader Joe’s fall favorites? Do you stalk the “new” section like I do, using it as a starting point around which to build the rest of your cart? The new item section at Trader Joe’s tends to explode with options in the fall and winter – making it one of the most interesting times to shop there. … Read More
When Reopening Schools Hybrid Model is not Sustainable is part of an occasional series including educator perspectives on distance learning and reopening schools. A Hybrid Model of Reopening Schools is Not Sustainable Let me be clear, distance learning is not ideal. I do not know a single educator who has spent their training or career desiring to teach TK-12 students… Read More
It’s time to be rethinking self care – something that frequently lands at the bottom of educators’ to-do lists, and even more so during our current health crisis. Part of an occasional series featuring educator perspectives on school reopening and distance learning. Jennifer Hettel is a school psychologist and intervention counselor at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, CA. As a… Read More
Do you need hot weather dinner ideas? Here are some ways to get dinner on the table – without heating up your kitchen. Late summer heatwaves can zap your energy, and make it hard to think about eating, let alone cooking. But unless you live alone – in which case, you can embrace the heatwave weight loss plan – you… Read More