Starting Middle School During COVID-19
Starting Middle School During COVID-19 While my older daughter is finishing up middle school, my younger one is just starting ...
New Ways to Help Our Kids Document Learning
New Ways to Help Our Kids Document Learning Measuring Academic Progress series, Part 2 of 3 Parents can help children ...
Responding to Your Kids’ Challenging Behaviors at Home
Responding to Your Kids’ Challenging Behaviors at Home Our children’s misbehaviors can be addressed through preventive strategies, modifying the environment, ...
Why It Is Important That Students Measure Their Academic Progresss
Why It Is Important That Students Measure Their Academic Progress Measuring Academic Progress Series, Part 1 of 3 This past ...
Preparing for High School and Beyond
Preparing for High School and Beyond This summer, my oldest is preparing to enter her 8th grade year of school ...
Coronavirus: Expanding Our Shopping Options
Coronavirus: Expanding Our Shopping Options We continue to adjust to a new normal as California slowly returns to more contact ...
Education and COVID-19: Pressing the “Pause Button”
Education and COVID-19: Pressing the “Pause Button” As I write this blog entry, we are about a couple months into ...
What Can Educators with Families Do to Fight Institutional Racism and Civil Rights Injustices?
What Can Educators with Families Do to Fight Institutional Black Racism and Civil Rights Injustices? As an educator for over ...
An Educator’s Reflection on George Floyd’s Tragic Death
An Educator’s Reflection on George Floyd’s Tragic Death I am the Executive Director of Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools in ...
Celebrating Summer with Dad from Afar
Celebrating Summer with Dad from Afar Summer play and camps are being cancelled. My grandson, Kenji, does not know when ...