Can the GOP finally catch its white whale after 68 years Michigan’s 109th state house district is the last district north of Clare that sends a Democrat to the state house of representatives. …

You can't save them all, but it's still worth trying. One day a man was walking along the beach, when he noticed a boy hurriedly picking up and gently throwing things into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “Young man, what are you doing?” The boy replied, “Throwing starfish…

The Legislative Process for Middle Schoolers Editors Note: This is a mock lesson created for my (failed) attempt at Teach for America. 8th Grade Social Studies. …

The student the system failed One of the students who I have worked with is John. John comes from a low-income family where no one went to college. His dad left in middle school, and his mom juggled multiple part-time jobs before she went on welfare. He had a few…

My Grandma Sharon When I started writing this eulogy, my first attempts were unsuccessful because I kept staring at a blank piece of paper. It wasn’t writer’s block or lack of ideas But, how does one even begin to reflect on a near-century of life in a few minutes? My…

Oh the places they’ve been In doing my final year visits with high school seniors, getting their perspectives is always interesting. They have life all figured out. All you have to do is ask them. Being in rural southern Indiana, students are excited to see the world. …

“Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.” Former United States Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) During the early pandemic, students were required to complete their coursework online. An immediate divide occurred between students who have internet access at home and students who…

This could be the time I’ve been waiting for One Week Seven Days 168 Hours 10080 Minutes 604800 Seconds Often we look at one week either positively or negatively, and we use the week as a springboard or a destination of a time. I’m thinking a little more about this…

It was a week of anything and everything The students in middle school have faced various circumstances that no other group has endured children have encountered over the last two years. During two of their most significant years in terms of social and cognitive development, their later elementary years, their…