Big Thoughts About Schools, Teaching, and Learning
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how glad I am that we delayed kindergarten for our summer boy. Actually, he ended up doing two years of kindergarten, one at a forest school 100% outside, and one year in a traditional classroom. Then I got to thinking about that, while I’m grateful we could give …
Portland, Oregon is known for its neighborhood culture. It’s what made this pretty large city feel very small through all the years I was growing up and getting to know my city. Multnomah Village, Woodstock, Hollywood, Roseway Heights, Belmont, Hawthorne, Hillsdale, Foster-Powell. All of these places have personalities and spirit all their own. And they …
Hey there! My name is Katie and when I’m in the classroom, my students call me Mrs. Crews. It’s been a while, so I figured a reintroduction was in order. Full disclosure, I haven’t been in the classroom regularly in nearly four years because we moved across the country and back, and my children were …
I discovered my word of the year accidentally. In thinking about how I want to spend my limited time this year, I knew I wanted to simplify my goals and list of things to accomplish. I had considered and prayed about several words, but nothing stuck, until, of all things, I was crafting a fanfiction …
My Dear Portland, I woke up to your name across the main headline of CNN. National news. You rarely make national news. And yet, my heart was crushed for you, and I knew it was time. To share my love for you, my deep care and jealousy for you. We’ll start with the love songs. …
I am a former middle and high school educator turned stay-at-home mom. Even though I stay home with my littles right now, I still choose to send them to preschool part-time. But it’s not all about academics. And I don’t think I’m alone. In recent years, preschool has become increasingly academic and sometimes people wonder …
This was not the blog I sat down to write. I guess that will come out next week 🙂 Alas, the Spotify playlist I have running in my headphones demanded that I do this instead: I could be pushing a grocery cart through Kroger or waiting in line for a prescription at CVS and a …
Okay, maybe exile is too strong a word. But it does feel like that a little sometimes. Mostly because along with being on hiatus from teaching, I am also living in a brand new to me part of the country. And it’s because we moved that I was sort of forced out of the classroom. …
We need to talk about seasons. Time and years are marked by seasons. So is the whole of a life. Millennials have already discarded the idea that we get a job out of college and hold it for thirty years. We have embraced the knowledge that we may have several job changes, if not full …
You know those high school flicks like Mean Girls or Clueless or Freaky Friday or 10 Things I Hate About You? Inevitably someone winds up on the wrong side of popularity and ends up eating lunch in the bathroom. It’s a scene I can completely relate to. But never as a student. The only times …
