The School District of Philadelphia, one of the largest public school districts in the country, made drastic cuts this year. After the death of Laporshia Massey, some are saying the cuts were too drastic.
Today, my first grader will get up on stage and have quite possibly the last music recital of her (so far) brief academic career. Together with my third grader, she will sing numbers they’ve been working on for most of the semester. I’ve been told to expect “Brown Eyed Girl” for one of them –…
In many states, governors are being faced with the difficult choice of cutting services or raising taxes on its residents. As you can imagine, it’s not a politically easy decision. In most cases, it’s a matter of taking from one pocket (cutting services) or another (raising income, sales or property taxes on individuals), both of…
We have a recurring problem at my house where my kids do something they know they’re not supposed to do and believe they can fix it with a simple “I’m sorry” after the fact. We’ve had the whole discussion about how it doesn’t help to say that you’re sorry if you’re not going to change…
