How Do I Learn?
by Dr. Kripa Sundar Somehow summer has gone by and kids are due back at school. As a learning scientist who is also a parent, I’ve often had tug-of-thought wars. I see both sides and sway based on whichever role is more prominent at that moment. Once, I published a...
Reviewing “A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story” by Erin Gunti
By Tyree McMillan “Let’s go inside and see if the queen is here.” This is an excerpt from the book in the August Box box called, A Place to Stay, A Shelter Story by Erin Gunti . This story for lower elementary kids discusses homelessness and the need for shelter in a...
Back to School
By Allison Banta It’s the first week of school here. At bedtime last night, we read “On the Day you Begin”, as we do every year. It’s a story of a kid and a school and new spaces, and what it feels like to be different. We read it every year because I like...
Neurodiversity in Your Neighborhood
by Allison Banta We live in a tiny delight of a neighborhood. The houses are old, the streets are crooked – giant old tree roots rumple the asphalt like waves, making hills and jumps for the braver bike riders. These streets haven’t been repaved in 40 years, and...
Fighting Food Insecurity in Community
by Allison Banta According to the most recent estimates, 1 in 6 kids in this country has experienced food insecurity. 1 in 6. That means when I send my kids to school, an average of 3-4 kids in each of their classes came to school hungry. This is true on any given...Page 1 of 4