Shared in our December 2020 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Winter is coming. The grief is real, and I keep being shocked at the lack of personal stories about the impact of the coronavirus on real people in…
Y’all, it took me a LONG TIME this year to hang my beloved annual wall calendar. In the Before Times, I would’ve hung this baby up by July so I could start peering into the next calendar year. I would have been planning my travel schedule, my…
OK. It’s official. My doom scrolling habit has lingered post-election. While I’m beyond grateful for my health, I’m also aware that being a solo self-employed parent in a pandemic comes with just a wee bit of stress. I can feel the darkness…
After debuting the amazingness of Together (Elementary) Students here and here, I’m excited to now introduce Together High School Students. Over the past month, I’ve had the privilege to Zoom / text / email with three high school sophomores in…
I don’t know about YOU, but I’ve got a lot of tabs open these days—literally and metaphorically. Between Nearpod, Zoom, Together Teacher book edits, Google websites for every online class, three calendars, and more, my desktop reflects the…
Shared in our November 2020 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Exhale. I don’t really have words to describe my relief at the outcome of our presidential election. I’ve watched the street celebrations with joy,…
As you all know, I’ve been talking to lots of kids about Togetherness. Whether I’m learning from these young men in Memphis, my own daughter, or a bunch of high school students, I’m really intrigued by how teachers and families define and…
One of my favorite parts of this work is making connections with folks doing similar work. I’m a long-time fan of Caleb Dolan (fun fact: my mom was his middle school art teacher!). Caleb has been in education for almost 25 years, and I respect…
We are used to it by now–working from home, teaching from home, parenting from home…. doing it ALL from home. I’ve worked from home for over a decade, but even I’ve had to modify my setup for this new era. As you can imagine, I’ve become…
Shared in our October 2020 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, I honestly keep thinking I’ll start my monthly newsletter with a bit of good news, but after the Breonna Taylor decision, the presidential debate debacle,…