Another Auld Lang Syne
Thu, 12/26/2019 - 12:00am
Oh boy. It’s time to turn over another decade. Maybe 2019 was a banner year where all your dreams came true. Maybe it was a year best left out of
Columns & Editorials
Honor the Break
Thu, 12/26/2019 - 12:00am
I like to share these bits of humor adapted from previous articles I have written as an amusing way to honor educators everywhere. With Christmas right around the corner, teachers
And I Oops Did it Again? Sksksk?
Thu, 12/12/2019 - 5:00am
You cannot glance at anything remotely referencing pop culture right now without reading the term VSCO girl. Apparently, it’s a trend with teenage girls that involves a very specific wardrobe
The Board Failed Everyone
Thu, 12/12/2019 - 5:00am
Houston ISD, one of the largest school districts in the nation, is set to be taken over by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). With more than 200,000 students, Houston ISD
Another Man’s Treasure
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 5:00am
It’s late at night in Houston. Rain has been pouring down for days on end.
The Bully No One Talks About
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 5:00am
Bullying behavior is not new but has made a necessary resurgence in the media especially considering the tragic consequences that follow when young people are bullied in school or online and see n
Laymen’s Corner
Wed, 11/27/2019 - 5:00am
Just after the Church was formed GOD allowed Steven, a devout Christian man to be stoned to death because “Saul” (later named Paul), was standing there and consenting to his
John Brown was Bootylicious
Wed, 11/27/2019 - 5:00am
On September 24, 2001, the nation watched as President Bush, along with expresidents Clinton, Carter & Bush, and Queen Elizabeth, from a simultaneous broadcast overseas, sang the same song with
Wham Bam Scam You Ma’am
Thu, 11/21/2019 - 12:00am
Warning: this column contains opinions representing the writer’s beliefs, though not necessarily the beliefs of this publication. Also, the writer is not a medical doctor.
The Teachers’ Lounge
Thu, 11/21/2019 - 12:00am
One of the original purposes of public education was to teach children to be productive members of society.
Let’s Go Home
Thu, 11/14/2019 - 5:00am
I’m a huge fan of one certain soap opera, Days of Our Lives. I realize that you’re rolling your eyes at this very moment, swearing on all that is reality TV that you’ll never read my column again.
The Teachers’ Lounge
Thu, 11/14/2019 - 5:00am
Many school districts across the state and the nation have adopted “No Zero” grading policies.
I’ve Got a New Gratitude
Thu, 11/07/2019 - 5:00am
Hello November! We made it! We battled through the steamiest, sweatiest October of recent memory. The costumes have been boxed up. The candy is eaten. Ok, the kids think it’s
Clear the One
Thu, 11/07/2019 - 5:00am
All teachers and most of everyone else is aware that student behavior is at its most severe in the mainstream classroom. Personally, I have seen behavior classrooms that were more
Pocket Full of Posies
Thu, 10/31/2019 - 5:00am
I’m known as the crazy woman who, every October, makes children out of kitchen trash bags and displays them in her yard. I own it. They are my little ghost girls.