We did two really enlightening activities in Fearless Females yesterday, both of which left the girls and me feeling really great about ourselves and our place in the world. Wrinkled Heart This was an activity I picked up at a… Read more ›
Exciting things are going on over here! I’ve been doing a lot more writing recently – just not so much on this particular site. But don’t worry; I have lots of ideas, and things at school are about to calm… Read more ›
I’m over at Teaching Tolerance today talking about what we can do to help students when they are being bullied, but when the bullies are hard to find: Now I try to help students as much as I can, both… Read more ›
Today is the National Day of Silence during which students who choose to do so will remain silent all day to draw attention to anti-LGBTQ name calling, harassment, bullying, and violence in schools. Today, many of my own high school… Read more ›
According to a recent article from the Ms. Magazine Blog, parents, teachers, police, and other adults in charge of discipline are more likely to punish the victims of bullying rather than the bullies when it comes to LGBTQ youth. Thus,… Read more ›
As I am sure we are all aware, there has been a recent wave of news stories about teenage suicides to hit the airwaves. For a while there, it seemed like almost every day there was a new story about… Read more ›
Remember that teacher I was talking about here? The latest I heard is that he is finishing up the year, but not recommended for tenure and not coming back next year. Honestly, I don’t know enough about the situation from an… Read more ›