Oh, how time flies. Kids will be back to school in a matter of weeks. This year, I hope to encourage parents and grandparents to pay close attention to what
Good morning. Today, we have a co-columnist I’d like you to meet. Her name is Marsha James, my mom.
I think it’s kinda cool that my kids know who Glenn Miller is. Yep—the Big Band era is alive and well at the Burkett household.
Today’s educators are facing challenges with students that are unprecedented. Student behavior seems to deteriorate each year with some of the worst offenders in grades K through 2. The cause
It was July 4th, 2013, almost exactly 6 years ago. We were leasing a house in a subdivision in Rockwall because we needed shelter and there was nothing available in
I’m a bit of a wordsmith. It’s a disease common to those of us who find great comfort and satisfaction in writing. I love vocabulary. I love words. To me,
“Oh, hey girl, hey! How’s your summer goin? How’s your momma and them? Those grandkids of yours are growin like weeds, hun! Do you have any new pictures of them?”
Overall, parents and teachers want to see students do well socially and academically. Teachers work hard to prepare effective lessons to present to students. Most parents strive to communicate the
Prohibition. The dustbowl. The stock market crash. Hoovervilles. Soup kitchens. Welcome to the world, post WWI. Watch as, by the 30’s, we see the world as we know it end. The crops will fail.
Parents often run into childcare or supervision problems when school is out for breaks. Many children do fine at home keeping themselves busy and out of trouble. Others want or
I’m veganish. All that really means is that I eat vegan at home, which is almost all of the time, since we don’t do much eating out. I do this
The scene is outside of a remote village in Slovenia, in a cave. The time is somewhere between 60,000 & 30,000 years ago. The object we see before us appears
The need for education reform is a consistent topic among communities, educators and policy makers. I happened across a video online that provided statistical information about the overall student performance
When did we as a society stop teaching, learning and demonstrating coping skills? I wish I could say this phenomenon is isolated to children, but sadly it is not. Coping
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