#Education: Cafeteria Bullying

I’m a fan of the “mini-series”– covering a topic over a series of blog posts for a short period of time. Every Monday in ...

#Education: Cafeteria Bullying

February 20, 2012 at 9:35 pm in School issues

I’m a fan of the “mini-series”– covering a topic over a series of blog posts for a short period of time. Every Monday in the month of February I’ll blog about a topic related to #education (at least tangentially). When people ask me about my memories of eating school lunch, I reply that I rarely [...]

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Your homemade lunch sucks! Eat some nuggets!

February 15, 2012 at 9:55 pm in News, School Lunches

It’s a stock photo, but aside from the nuggets and the chocolate milk this lunch looks good to me — there’s fresh fruit and raw veggies! (photo credit) I’m sure many of you have already heard about the story of how the a child’s packed lunch was deemed “unhealthy” and the student was given a chicken [...]

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What did #NCLB really mean? #education

February 13, 2012 at 10:12 pm in School issues

I’m a fan of the “mini-series”– covering a topic over a series of blog posts for a short period of time. Every Monday in the month of February I’ll blog about a topic related to #education (at least tangentially). As a school-based speech pathologist, I rely on evaluation instruments including formal assessments to guide my [...]

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Healthy, Budget-Friendly Recipes Using Food Pantry Staples

February 8, 2012 at 7:00 am in Miscellaneous, The Food

Below is the second part of a series devoted to my experience volunteering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and its partner Feeding America. Part one can be found here: Volunteering with Feeding America: A Little Time Goes a Long Way Every food bank provides a different product mix to its member agencies. The Greater Chicago Food [...]

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#Education: Growing up with teachers as parents

February 6, 2012 at 7:00 am in Miscellaneous, School issues, Teachers

I’m a fan of the “mini-series”– covering a topic over a series of blog posts for a short period of time. Every Monday in the month of February I’ll blog about a topic related to #education (at least tangentially). This week I want to examine the history of teaching as a profession. I’m a school-based [...]

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Volunteering with Feeding America: A Little Time Goes a Long Way

February 1, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Advocacy, Happening Now, Mrs Q

A couple weeks ago I was able to volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository with Feeding America. You can sign up as a group or an individual for a three hour Wednesday night volunteering session and it was perfect for me. The Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) is one of the largest food banks [...]

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Heart of gold

January 30, 2012 at 7:00 am in News

Cardiovascular disease is killing us and it’s something we don’t think about very often. Someone sent the following video to me: Go Red For Women presents: ‘Just a Little Heart Attack’ I love how lunch packing just puts her over the edge. Sometimes I get panicky when I’m trying to pack my son’s lunch, too! [...]

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News: New School Lunch Regulations

January 26, 2012 at 10:27 pm in News, School Lunches

Why is it that I’m always out of pocket when the “big” news items hit? I have had limited internet access over the past couple days as I was briefly out of town. Anyway, I’m finally digging into the information that Michelle Obama announced in conjunction with the USDA and what it all means. New [...]

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