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When Everyone Is Tired: What Mid-Year Fatigue Reveals About School Culture

What happens when everyone gets tired, around this time of year?  What happens in families and what happens in schools?

I think this is a question we never really look at in full.   It is winter in t...

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Inclusion Looks Different in January Than It Did in September

In September, inclusion is more of a natural state within schools.  Just by the nature that everything is new, new teacher, new friends, new classmates, new schedules and rhythms to the day.   When ev...

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Why Disability Awareness Can’t Be a September-Only Conversation

The school year started in September and everything was fresh and bright and new.  Teachers had that first of the year energy and light in their eyes, and students were a mix of both anxious wondering...

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What I Wish I Knew When I Was A Grad Student & What I Wish I Could Teach Students Now

I clearly remember every feeling I had when I started Graduate School at University of Chicago (School of Social Service Administration). Mostly a very strong feeling that everyone around me was smart...

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Please Stop Learning At My Daughter's Expense

The first day of summer or the first day of camp are supposed to be exciting and memorable and calm.

But sometimes things don’t work out and it doesn’t go your way or the way you thought it should pl...

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