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Vote for Media Features

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:04:32 -0400

Vote for Media Features: Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the...

M.I.A.

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:42:06 -0400

I have been a busy girl the past few weeks…wrapping up the school year, writing some unit...

June Wrap-Up

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:41:26 -0400

June Wrap-Up: Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your...

National Blog Posting Month

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:11:44 -0400

National Blog Posting Month: Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November?...

Where were you when you heard about MJ?

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:42:47 -0400

I was walking into the dorm at 1300, and Sarge the security guard pushed a newspaper in front of our...

Why I don't like poetry

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:42:46 -0400

I can’t write it.

katiebakes: Good old US of A. School lunches from around the...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:16 -0400

katiebakes:

Good old US of A.

School lunches from around the world. (via)

To qualify as a Title I school, you need to have a certain amount of students coming from low-income households; frequently, this overlaps with the amount of students who financially qualify for free lunch. Sounds great, right? Well, when your lunch looks like this photo above, why wouldn’t you just spend the two dollars your mom or grandmom gave you that morning on 4 bags of chips, a can of soda, and some M&Ms from the corner store? (Corner store prices cannot be beat.) Honestly, you’d probably get just as much nutritional value, and it would taste better.

Free lunches such as this one are an insult to families and children who know they deserve better. In fact, for many of these students, school-provided breakfasts and lunches are the only meals they will get all day. Mental ability is directly affected by what you’ve eaten—or not eaten—and the disparity in diets between a student from North Philly and a student from Gladwyne, PA is just one of the tiny things that outsiders don’t know about when they make sweeping generalizations about what kind of attitudes our students have toward school, and how it’s affecting their progress.

My network of schools, ever willing to be progressive and caring about our students’ progress, will be participating in this program next year. Check it out!

Just received the list of most frequently banned books in American schools that one could get fired for using. Oops. Taught #26 and #17 this year.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:35:47 -0400

wherescoachbombay: Impressions Edited by Jack Booth et al. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ...

ckck: Badlands National Park, South Dakota. (Can you tell yet I...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:34:33 -0400

ckck:

Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

(Can you tell yet I love these kind of shots?)

ckck is a blogger who has been partaking in a dream of mine for the past few months: road tripping across the U.S. The photos are spectacular!

South Dakota is the kind of place I would love to visit, despite the strange looks I get from people when I tell them that. I think I have a tendency to exoticize and fetishize “Americana” the way others might exoticize or fetishize me and my ethnicity.

"I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be..."

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:36:53 -0400

“I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I...

Controlled Burn

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:21:00 -0400

Controlled Burn: This is my friend Thodo’s blog. Reading his blog makes me feel dumb because...

Nouveau Poor

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:44:03 -0400

jshoag: The deprivations of the formerly affluent Nouveau Poor are real enough, but the situation...

For Ms. Rawskeeet

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:39:58 -0400

Three things: Shirley Temple was a symbol of hope during the Great Depression. People would...

because this can't be said often enough

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:35:37 -0400

katoleary: abbyjean: notemily: Teaching relatively class privileged students about why poor...

mariadiaz: fashionorbit: Item of the Day: Temperley London’s...

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:59:48 -0400

mariadiaz:

fashionorbit:

Item of the Day: Temperley London’s Lace-Embellished Dress

A bunch of ridiculously beautiful Temperley London pieces just hit The Outnet, including this pink dress. Given the pastel hue and all the lace, bow, and embroidery details, you would think that it would be revoltingly confectionary, but the black accents and straightforward shape balance it to perfection.

On sale at $518 (originally $1295).

Blair Waldorf wore this.

Why am I not surprised to see that this was written by Wendy Atterbery?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:49:47 -0400

Why am I not surprised to see that this was written by Wendy Atterbery?:...

The Girlfriend Experience

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:32:00 -0400

So I saw this on Saturday night, alone. I had initially thought it would be weird going by myself,...

(via phillykeepsitreal)

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:18:39 -0400

(via phillykeepsitreal)

About that Goth Cruise

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:55:25 -0400

My sister: black goth! goth kilt! omg i have to see this movie asap goths on a fucking...

Things I Love: Home Decor Edition

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:48:00 -0400

crown molding white lacquered floors metallic leafed ceilings washed-out pastels Philippe Starck...