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- 985 Views
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Why high-stakes testing ALSO wastes a lot of time
APRIL 30, 2012 6:22AM
Topics: nycdoe, nyc, education, teaching, high-stakes testing, pineapplegate, standardized testing, middle school, elementary school, students, urban schools, nys, ela, test prep, math
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- 1373 Views
- 12 Comments
My post-9/11, with my 5-lbs. newborn boy
APRIL 18, 2012 7:01AM
Topics: washington square, chelsea, missing persons, ground zero, nyc, roosevelt hospital, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11
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- 1460 Views
- 15 Comments
How I pulled my head out of my _ _ _ at the ASCD conference
MARCH 28, 2012 6:26AM
Topics: nyc, education, ascd, bronx, philadelphia, nyc teaching fellows, pedagogy, new york post, barute kafele, atul gawande
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- 1710 Views
- 15 Comments
Mean girls in the Bronx—or is it something more?
MARCH 21, 2012 6:14AM
Topics: schools, support programs, intervention, girl fights, securty, nyc, nycdoe, education, teachers, violence, bronx, mean girls
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- 23 Comments
A story about my son--born on 9/10/01
FEBRUARY 29, 2012 6:32AM
Topics: nyc, roosevelt hospital, preeclampsia, nurses, doctors, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, addiction, alcoholism, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11
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- 1962 Views
- 19 Comments
Are NYC cops too aggressive? Duh?
FEBRUARY 22, 2012 8:08AM
Topics: life stories, subway, police, crime, cops, pedestrians, bike lanes, bikes, nyc, nypd, bronx teacher, high school
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- 2433 Views
- 10 Comments
How I STOPPED living on the edge
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 5:27AM
Topics: blogs, cary tennis, travel, teaching, jet, teaching fellows, nyc, life stories, publishing, writers and writing
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- 819 Views
- 11 Comments
Life and death in the city that never sleeps...
JANUARY 22, 2012 5:06PM
Topics: new york, nyc, new york city, manhattan, central park, photography, open+call
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- 1466 Views
- 17 Comments
The joys of a sick day: A single/working mother’s refuge
JANUARY 11, 2012 5:51AM
Topics: nyc, real families, life stories, teaching, bronx, education reform, race to the top, single mothers, kids, education
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- 2932 Views
- 9 Comments
How I learned to stop worrying and love my crazy NY neighbor
DECEMBER 7, 2011 5:09AM
Topics: nypd, crack/meth, community, nyc, neighbors, real families, life stories, stalkers
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- 2458 Views
- 22 Comments
Why I Love Greenpoint, Brooklyn indie bookstore WORD
NOVEMBER 30, 2011 12:24PM
Topics: jenn northington, jennifer hayden, underwire, new york, nyc, brooklyn, greenpoint, word, books, book, declaration of independents, open call, poetry, nikki giovanni, rachel kramer bussel, reading
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- 1677 Views
- 17 Comments
Where's MY Community? In the NYC Bike Lane?
OCTOBER 26, 2011 5:19AM
Topics: critical mass, urban biking, community, bike lanes, nyc
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- 2526 Views
- 19 Comments
The Curse of Having a Cute Dog
OCTOBER 10, 2011 11:33AM
Topics: animals, cavalier king charles spaniel, new york city, nyc, pets, spaniel, dog
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- 1745 Views
- 33 Comments
Quitting the Old Neighborhood
AUGUST 22, 2011 7:06PM
Topics: meritocracy, working class, quitting, rustbelt, new york, mormons, tuscon, life after quitting, populism, working class, sunbelt, open call, arizona, nyc
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- 2508 Views
- 63 Comments
A Paradisiacal Staycation
AUGUST 5, 2011 12:08AM
Topics: mexico, nyc, paris, morocco, java, thailand, india, travel, family, photography, environment, feminism, fashion, travel, comedy, belief/religion, family, environment, animals, photography, feminism, mexico, nyc, fashion, paris, morocco, java, family, environment, comedy, thailand, belief/religion, india, family, environment, travel, animals, family, photography, environment, feminism, fashion, travel
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- 2851 Views
- 12 Comments
I Snuck Someone Into West Point
MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM
Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq
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- 3886 Views
- 10 Comments
“Lady, You're In The Psychiatric Unit.”
APRIL 6, 2011 12:01AM
Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, psych ward, radio city music hall, joan jett, st. vincent's hospital, health, medical, hospital, divorced, nyc, lower east side, true story, real life, no fun zones
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- 4162 Views
- 30 Comments
The NYC Marathon on one leg
NOVEMBER 7, 2010 5:00PM
Topics: walter reed, nyc marathon, nyc, military, marines, marathon, life in nyc, disabled, disability, dav, broke-back, army, amputee
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- 1812 Views
- 24 Comments
Lost in NYC
AUGUST 16, 2010 4:09PM
Topics: nyc, lost and found, surprise, subways, travel, exploring, getting lost
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Soccerball, Anyone?
JUNE 25, 2010 9:23AM
Topics: soccer, usa, nyc, cartoon, world cup, finalists, sports
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