Schools | Beth Byrnes

Cherchez la faim

Posted on February 25, 2014 37 Comments

There is so little time to do anything frivolous these days. One thing I miss is listening to NPR. When I visit my relatives in North Carolina, I stay with Annabelle’s parents, two college professors to whom I am related on my mother’s side. They have two big-screen TVs but those are disconnected most of […]

True the grit

Posted on November 5, 2013 22 Comments

One of my nieces sent me the first link below, and then one of my WP friends reblogged the second. These two pieces apply to everyone, but because the person who sent the first one is a female and we have a special connection through this topic, I am particularly emphasizing its applicability to girls […]

CaliforniAmerica

Posted on October 10, 2013 5 Comments

After the lament I subjected you to yesterday, how about something short and sweet? California is thriving. Read this little article. I could not have said it better myself :-): http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/09/california-success-irks-right/ How is the Golden State succeeding now? Let me count the ways: Schools are getting more funding than they have in twenty years – […]

A parental short-list

Posted on September 23, 2013 6 Comments

I always have my antennae up for advice on teaching, counseling and parenting as I think we are merely trained in school to develop a framework in which to hold information. On that basis, I hope to gather data over my lifetime and place it somewhere within that structure. If the structure is a robust […]

The right kind of parenting

Posted on August 29, 2013 6 Comments

[The President] declared that securing the gains of civil rights leaders “requires constant vigilance, not complacency.” “Whether it’s by challenging those who erect new barriers to the vote or ensuring that the scales of justice work equally for all and the criminal justice system is not simply a pipeline from underfunded schools to overcrowded jails,” […]