Distance learning

Sep 3, 20202 min read

School: it's social.

Hey, another reminder to check your voting registration, check the status of your absentee ballot and find your local ballot drop...

Aug 27, 20202 min read

Scaffolding: structuring schoolwork

Hey, so here's your not-quite-weekly reminder to check your voting registration, check the status of your absentee ballot and find your...

Apr 9, 20202 min read

School in the time of Covid

Hey there. Things are feeling very upside down, or maybe completely out of control, or maybe mostly normal, except there is no normal now....

Feb 4, 20202 min read

Study routines: the unknown unknowns

So, that week turned in to a month, plus - my apologies. I laid out spaced repetition study details in my last post, noting it's the best...

Dec 26, 20193 min read

How to Break Up with Bad Study Habits

Christmas has come and gone, and the countdown to semester exams is on! So, what's a student on a two-week break to do? First, you have...

May 17, 20191 min read

"You do not have to be good."

Happy Friday, everyone! Mary Oliver is much on my mind this morning, as DC's Mayor is proposing to do away with our city's poet laureate...

Aug 18, 20181 min read

Sleep: it does a body good

School year 2018-2019 has started - do you know how well, or how much, your student is sleeping? Sleep is one of the most underrated and...