Professor Mom
I'm supposed to have all the answers, but I don't
So when I became pregnant with my daughter Annie 5 years ago, friends and family members looked on with envy. "Oh, you're a teacher, a Ph.D in Education. Parenthood will be a breeze. You'll have ALL the answers."
Were they kidding?
My grad classes at UCLA dealt with Sociology of Education, Critical Race Theory and Critical Media Literacy. Not infant and early childhood development. Not what to do when my kid ran a fever of 105, or … Read MoreIn my first blog posting I talked about the stress of being an educator and having everyone ask "where's your child going to kindergarten next year." It just so happens that since that last posting I have had conversations with two other educators in town who also are burdened by this additional stress to their pre-K anxiety.
The first person, who I'll call Ken, is a graduate student of mine who also happens to be a principal at a large, … Read More"Where's your daughter going to kindergarten next year?"
Few questions provoke as much anxiety in parents of 4-year-olds than this simple, innocent inquiry.
In these days of school choice the possibilities are endless: public school, private school, magnet, charter, religious.
This question further irks us parents who have already faced the stress of cobbling together child care for their infant or toddler in the form of baby-sitters, day care, coops, nanny-share, grandma, next door neighbor, … Read More
About Me
I am a 40-something Mom with a Ph.D. in Education who has been an
educator for nearly 20 years. I've taught everything from preschool to
high school, undergraduates and graduate students.
- June 2007
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- June 6, 2007
Student Test Scores and NCLB - June 4, 2007
The Preschool Graduation Blues - June 1, 2007
How to Judge a Top High School
- June 6, 2007
- May 2007
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- May 30, 2007
The Not-So-Cuddlesome Child - May 29, 2007
Memorial Day Dog Party - May 27, 2007
Summer Camp Sign-Up - May 25, 2007
Product Review: Tinkertoys - May 23, 2007
A School's Front Office - May 20, 2007
You Got to Know When to Hold 'em - May 18, 2007
The Best Gifts are Homemade - May 15, 2007
Where Do Babies Come From? - May 14, 2007
Pretty as a Picture? - May 10, 2007
Mother's Day Tradition - May 6, 2007
Commencement: Embracing Uncertainty
- May 30, 2007
- April 2007
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- April 30, 2007
Finding Nemo, Again - April 26, 2007
Jonathan Kozol - April 23, 2007
Gender Gap in Wages Persists - April 22, 2007
House Hunt Becomes House Hysteria - April 20, 2007
More on Homework Help - April 17, 2007
Virginia Tech. - April 13, 2007
Paid Family Leave - Part Two - April 11, 2007
Paid Family Leave - Part One - April 9, 2007
Homework Help - April 5, 2007
"Infidel" Autobiography Fascinates - April 3, 2007
Rewards for High Test Scores?
- April 30, 2007
- March 2007
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- March 29, 2007
Musings on Gender and Education - March 25, 2007
Mommy Is Going on a Plane Trip - March 23, 2007
Teaching to the Test: Part Two - March 22, 2007
Teaching to the Test: Part One - March 20, 2007
Standardized Test Scores - March 18, 2007
Substitute Teachers - March 15, 2007
Kindergarten Access - March 13, 2007
The Disappearing Neighborhood School - March 10, 2007
Dear Diary: The Preschool Journal - March 9, 2007
"Girls Gone Wild" - Part Deux - March 7, 2007
"Girls Gone Wild" - Part One
- March 29, 2007
- February 2007
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- February 27, 2007
Should've taken that Child Psych class - February 27, 2007
Kindergarten Chaos - Part Deux - February 27, 2007
Kindergarten Chaos - Part One
- February 27, 2007
