Sad to be in the Pink
By Lily Eskelsen October 4, 2011 12:18 pm
Pink can be an ugly color. If it’s a pink slip. I had to explain to a friend of mine from another country what the term “pink slip” meant. They weren’t actually pink these days, and it meant that a…
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Nerves and the New School Year
By Lily Eskelsen September 12, 2011 7:00 am
I was always nervous the first day of school, but it was a good nervous. I was nervous-excited as a kid. I was excited to know my new teacher. I was excited to know who would be sitting next to…
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Boys and Girls, a Terrible Thing has Happened…
By Lily Eskelsen September 11, 2011 8:22 am
In New York, it still took several seconds to register: This was not an accident. First a report from the Pentagon. Later, a plane crash in Pennsylvania. I got dressed and went to school.…
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A Commission that Matters: Excellence in Hispanic Education
By Lily Eskelsen August 31, 2011 8:22 am
I’m about to become an official “commissioner”. I’m not really into titles, but this one, I want. This commission, I want. This work, I want to do because it’s work that matters.…
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The Earth Moved…and Shook the Headlines
By Lily Eskelsen August 28, 2011 9:05 pm
We had an earthquake in DC last week. Kind of. My family and friends filled up my email and text messaging with frantic, “Are you OK!!??” worries. My son wanted to make sure I wasn’t trapped under the rubble. I…
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The Good Fight
By Lily Eskelsen July 31, 2011 12:41 pm
The brave sweating educators and parents at the rally were protesting a growing cancer on education – the bulbous growth in standardized testing. The politicians on both sides of the aisle are out of control on this one.…
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That’s so Fargo
By Lily Eskelsen July 13, 2011 12:29 pm
I visited a 6th grade and told them, “People want to know if you go to a good school and if you have good teachers. Some of them think you can tell if you have a good school and if…
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This is What Democracy Looks Like
By Lily Eskelsen July 3, 2011 8:27 pm
We are a strange but noble people. We are passionate. We are generous. We are sensitive and kind and a little crazy. We are very smart. We care about someone else’s child…
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This is What Democracy Looks Like
By Lily Eskelsen July 3, 2011 8:27 pm
We are a strange but noble people. We are passionate. We are generous. We are sensitive and kind and a little crazy. We are very smart. We care about someone else’s child…
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The Goalie vs. Our Worst Nightmare
By Lily Eskelsen June 17, 2011 7:03 pm
Ask yourself why the Koch Brothers care about whether or not a 2nd grade teacher has a union to advocate for a decent class size. They care because organized unions, especially education unions, advocate for broad middle-class public services and…
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