I have been very privileged and I wonder if that qualifies me or disqualifies me when it comes to giving advice on education. My parents are well-educated and planned from the beginning to have well-educated children. They put money away to put my brother and me through school. My mother patiently helped me with my [...]

Thomas L. Friedman, op-ed columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote this article. I strongly encourage you to read the whole thing, but I will share with you the bottom line: ” We’re not going back to the good old days without fixing our schools as well as our banks.” Our economy didn’t break [...]

Dear Life, You are very expensive. I know you have to make your money one way or another, but maybe you could spread it out over a few months. You may not have meant to do it, but you arranged for my brake pads to be replaced after I bought an instant camera (so maybe [...]

The situation is out of control. 6-year-old Cub Scout faces 45 days in a reform school for taking a utensil to school 8-year-old suspended for sniffing a marker 13-year-old strip searched under suspicion that she had ibuprofen I have been baffled by the enforcement of no-tolerance policies in schools across the nation. There are 22 [...]

While many of my friends might think I’m the Twitter Queen, it’s only because she with the most tweets wins! The truth is, I’m still new to writing web content and using social media to promote my work. The internet is a wonderful place that not only brought us Twitter, but also bestowed upon us [...]

How well do you spell? Is it ridiculous to pose such a question to an adult? I think not! Misspelled words and grammatically incorrect sentences really bother me. The thought that they are more widespread than ever is like nails on the chalkboard of my life. I have often wondered how children turn into teenagers [...]

President Obama’s recent Nobel Peace Prize came as a shock. This has received way too much attention from the media people. Get over it! My internal dialogue may appear ignorant–and crazy!– to the untrained eye, but please allow me to take you on a trip back in history! While many of the world’s most scholarly [...]

Ruby at School’s Out has selected Chasing Education for the One Lovely Blog Award. I’d like to give a great big thank you to Supermom Ruby–it doesn’t get any cooler than Science Sunday!–and I’d like to spread the love. Here are the rules of the “One Lovely Blog” award: 1. Accept the award 2. Post [...]

If you’ve read about me, you know that I want to be a real freelance writer. I want to quit my day job and work from my bed. There are three major reasons for my burning desire to bid farewell to my life as a “Marketing Manager,” and start my new life as an employee [...]

Arianna Huffington, as in Huffington Post, will be sharing her favorite reads. In 2006 Arianna was named one of the world’s most influential people by Time Magazine. She has authored a dozen books and she even hosts a show on public ration. Oh how I love public radio! I’ve added her first pick In Praise [...]