“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of… Read More ›
Education
IT’S ALL ABOUT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” ― George Carlin “We’re going… Read More ›
NO POINTS FOR STYLE, BUT A WIN IS STILL A WIN
“I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.” ― E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime “Once we understand how they think, we can… Read More ›
DON’T LET MONEY FOOL YOU
“Silence is argument carried out by other means.” ― Ernesto “Che” Guevara “The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned is to stand still and keep quiet. If… Read More ›
THE RACE IS ON, HERE COMES PRIDE IN THE BACK STRETCH
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.” ― Hermann Hesse “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose… Read More ›
BROTHER COULDN’T SPARE A DIME
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.” ― Arthur Miller “I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.” ― Cormac McCarthy, All the… Read More ›
DR. BATTLE NAMES HER STARTING LINEUP
“Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.” ― Jack Kerouac “But if you’re gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you’re gonna get eaten . . .” ― Nick Cave I had… Read More ›
FLABBERGASTED
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.” ― Langston Hughes “And that’s where the whole trouble is. We’re too much alike to understand each… Read More ›
SEL, IT’S NOT JUST FOR KIDS
“Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.” ― Anton Chekhov “They probably don’t understand this, but it’s important for me to show them that their father is a man who dances – who… Read More ›
A CONVERSATION WITH MNPS’S LEADER, DR. ADRIENNE BATTLE
If you survey the district leaders of the nation’s schools, you will find the vast majority have two things in common: they are white, and they are male. MNPS’s newest leader is neither. She’s also someone who has spent nearly… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 