I swung by the grocery store yesterday to return something, and they had these coral peonies — totally out of season, but gorgeous. I bought six peonies and brought them home. I felt like I deserved peonies after yesterday — the whole day felt like a pummeling, except when I managed to take my mind […]
I’m just holding space this morning. Read More »
Kavi (high school senior) said everyone was pretty stressed at school today, but her Government teacher actually was helpful. She asked the students to list the things that they were worried about Trump doing, and then she went through the list with them, explaining which ones were: a) not within his powerb) not likely to
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1) One small victory from last night — Oak Park voted in ranked choice voting. This is unlikely to make much difference in our suburb on a practical level, but in larger terms, ranked choice voting is a better, fairer system. 2) I was explaining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to a friend this
Every voice actually heard. Read More »
There are times when I feel really frustrated on school board, when I just can’t make any headway on things that seem important (like a later start time!). But these two items from tonight’s board meeting make me really happy. 1) Making real, measurable strides in closing the equity gap in math for our students,
Maybe it was worth running after all. Read More »
Delighted to be able to attend Congressman Danny Davis’s Salute to Asian Americans. Here as a guest of Sheila Wesonga, a key volunteer for Davis (and Obama before!) and Carollina Song.
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As we head further into the American national election and tensions rise, I’d like to remind folks that my wall is a 101-friendly space (for conversations about race, gender, orientation, disability, class, etc.). I’ve been teaching college students for 25+ years now, and that’s shaped my preferred framework for public conversations. This FB wall is
We had a school board retreat with an ISBE rep. yesterday, which meant that she was asking us various questions about our recent self-evaluation and inviting us to reflect further on them, and I wasn’t saying anything, and about ten minutes in, she was trying to get people who hadn’t spoken much to talk more,
Grief just sneaks out of nowhere Read More »
School board retreat + meeting, 5:00 – 9:55 pm. We’re going to call that 5 hrs, folks.
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Board meeting starting early today because we’re doing the annual board retreat before the official meeting, 5 instead of 6:30. We’ll see how long this goes.
We’re doing the annual board retreat Read More »
