May 2, 2016
A Story and a Poem
It’s hard for me to believe that almost 17 years have passed since I first sat down and wrote the one and only poem I have ever written. The poem…
April 25, 2016
Good Disengagement
See if any of these statements are familiar to you: “I would love to get involved, but I just don’t have the time right now.” “I am running out of…
April 4, 2016
E-Mails I Hate to Get
I love the work I do to promote the engagement of every family in the educational lives of children. I get to work with educators, parents and families from all…
March 28, 2016
Scary Phone Calls: Loyalty, Caring and Erasing Fear
My Twitter colleague (we’ve actually never met) Jimmy Casas (@casas_Jimmy) posted a blog over the weekend regarding a teacher who admitted fearing the idea of calling parents. The fear among…
March 21, 2016
Blaming the Victim, Again
This week, a bill was introduced in the State of Mississippi that would allow teachers to grade parents on their ability to parent with regard to their children’s school readiness…