My son is special to me, as most children are to their parents. But he’s also a special kid. He’s a straight-A student, is training to swim competitively, and reads the Bible before he... Read more >>

The call from the school where my son has just started junior kindergarten came on Monday, barely an hour after I had settled into a busy day at work. “We have Graham here in the... Read more >>

Just two days until school starts. My son will be in fifth grade this year—where did the time go? I still remember him kicking inside me, his birth, his first steps, as clearly as it was... Read more >>

I close my eyes; I’m back there banging fat felt eraser blocks together making chock dust clouds slide down the slanted rays of sunshine coming through the open window on this golden afternoon... Read more >>

I’m sitting here, at 10:45 p.m. with my ten-year-old son, who says he can’t sleep. I reminded him that he goes back to school next week, and his bedtime will be 9:30 p.m., just like it was... Read more >>

It’s only been six weeks since school started and already we are full-speed into school and classroom activities. Fortunately this year, I set up my Qlubb early so that we have all the sign-up... Read more >>

Today I went to a reading. I happened to be in my daughter’s second grade class and watched as the teacher called on them one-by-one to read aloud to the class a story they had written on a... Read more >>

In a previous article, I spoke of the law that allows your child to receive special services in his or her school setting due to physical, learning, and/or emotional struggles. In this article, I... Read more >>

Last night I had a dream that began in a large open auditorium.  I was taking a biology test that was formatted strangely: there was just a list of random phrases and we were supposed to write... Read more >>

When I walked into Wallenberg High School in San Francisco to observe a handful of tutors work with an AP-English class on their personal statements for their college applications, I thought back to... Read more >>