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- 100 Views
- 4 Comments
Why I was bizarrely happy when my rent went up
MAY 30, 2012 6:45AM
Topics: rent, manhattan, nyc, highline, hudson yards, life stories, neighborhoods, sro, leases, bronx, teachers, single moms, children, real families
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- 72 Views
- 2 Comments
A day of breathtaking views in NYC
MAY 21, 2012 9:07PM
Topics: nyc, brooklyn, brooklyn bridge, breathtaking, views, pizza, grimaldi's, line, wait, beautiful, new york city, new york, city
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- 76 Views
- 0 Comments
Fifty-four years and I've finally found myself
MAY 21, 2012 8:05AM
Topics: new youk city, nyc, open+call, fiction, fashion, business, books, belief/religion, goth, writer
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- 254 Views
- 6 Comments
Our School Quality Review—thank god it’s over
MAY 21, 2012 6:39AM
Topics: nyc, nycdoe, bronx, education, school quality review, sqr, ayp, ela, regents, nysela test, curricula, lesson plans, core standards, sini, school closings, to kill a mockingbird, harper lee, data, school leadership team
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- 192 Views
- 2 Comments
A single mother, a new baby, and a changed world
MAY 9, 2012 6:24AM
Topics: nyc, manhattan, roosevelt hospital, life stories, writers and writing, new york times, twin towers, single mothers, 9/11
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- Editor's Pick
- 985 Views
- 12 Comments
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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- 108 Views
- 3 Comments
What? No one told me I could take a real lunch hour..!
APRIL 27, 2012 12:56PM
Topics: lunch, lunch break, taking time, bryant park, park, manhattan, ny, nyc
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- Editor's Pick
- 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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- 42 Views
- 0 Comments
Invitation to Launch
APRIL 11, 2012 7:33AM
Topics: contemporary art, kentucky, nyc, uk
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- 91 Views
- 0 Comments
Blogging, Voting, and Getting to NYC!
APRIL 10, 2012 5:11PM
Topics: fiction, writing, contests, book expo, nyc, winning, blogging, goodreads
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- 118 Views
- 1 Comments
Sunny Side Up (Or: Miss Ann Thrope is No Egghead)
APRIL 6, 2012 2:47PM
Topics: silly putty, alec baldwin, nyc, performance, dance, design, comedy
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- 468 Views
- 9 Comments
Jobs with benefits: The miracle of a good boss
APRIL 4, 2012 6:34AM
Topics: leadership, leaders, motivation, education, nycdoe, job fairs, jobs, nyc teaching fellows, nyc, bronx, teaching, bosses, horrible bosses, employment
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- Editor's Pick
- 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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- 1026 Views
- 65 Comments
America's Cities Wage War on the Homeless
MARCH 23, 2012 12:03PM
Topics: homelessness, pretext, bloomberg, nutter, new york city, nyc, philly, philadelphia, occupy, occupy wall street, occupy philadelphia, pretextural, class warfare, 99%, occupy wall street, homeless
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- Editor's Pick
- 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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- 414 Views
- 3 Comments
The Irish Times guy: Existentialism on an NYC street corner
MARCH 14, 2012 5:56AM
Topics: the irish times, street life, penn station, madison square garden, life stories, existentialism, nyc
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- 189 Views
- 0 Comments
Cover the Night 4/20
MARCH 9, 2012 6:29PM
Topics: movies, music, feminism, environment, belief/religion, animals, family, tomorrow's love, nyc, r bar, invisible children, children's rights, politics, rock, val kinzler
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- 177 Views
- 1 Comments
NYC's Worst 5 Places for Dawdling Offenders
MARCH 6, 2012 9:42AM
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- Editor's Pick
- 2754 Views
- 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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- Editor's Pick
- 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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