Native American Heritage Month
As I sat with my 7-year-old daughter and her friends in a movie theater for a showing of "Frozen II," I was fascinated. No, it wasn’t with the autumn scenery, or Olaf’s comedic retelling of the first...
We’ve all been there. A tempting headline, a picture too startling to keep our fingers at rest. We skim through the article. We write a quick caption and click share. We later realize there’s more to...
Two winters ago, Kaitlyn Kirk, one of my premier students, came into the library with her eyes glued to her phone. Headphones in, she sat down focused on what I thought was “Fortnite” or “Game of...
With Chicago’s school closings, enrollment declines, funding issues and problematic special education reforms dominating the headlines for the past five years, it’s difficult to trust the research...