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- 1680 Views
- 22 Comments
The mini-death of the end of summer
AUGUST 31, 2012 8:17AM
Topics: rockaway beach, nyc, summer, families, travel, 9/11, teachers, nyc teaching fellows, education, schools, real families, life stories
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- 2996 Views
- 30 Comments
Remembering Ivan Karp (1926-2012)
JULY 2, 2012 11:08AM
Topics: soho mayor, art dealer, nyc, health, gossip, travel, photography, family, belief/religion, ivan karp, ok harris, nyc
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- 2007 Views
- 21 Comments
Supersized Disaster
JUNE 8, 2012 10:37AM
Topics: soda, obesity, weight management, nyc, bloomberg
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- 2330 Views
- 12 Comments
Why high-stakes testing ALSO wastes a lot of time
APRIL 30, 2012 6:22AM
Topics: nycdoe, nyc, education, teaching, high-stakes testing, pineapplegate, standardized testing, middle school, elementary school, students, urban schools, nys, ela, test prep, math
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- 2066 Views
- 12 Comments
My post-9/11, with my 5-lbs. newborn boy
APRIL 18, 2012 7:01AM
Topics: washington square, chelsea, missing persons, ground zero, nyc, roosevelt hospital, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11
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- 15 Comments
How I pulled my head out of my _ _ _ at the ASCD conference
MARCH 28, 2012 6:26AM
Topics: nyc, education, ascd, bronx, philadelphia, nyc teaching fellows, pedagogy, new york post, barute kafele, atul gawande
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- 3454 Views
- 15 Comments
Mean girls in the Bronx—or is it something more?
MARCH 21, 2012 6:14AM
Topics: schools, support programs, intervention, girl fights, securty, nyc, nycdoe, education, teachers, violence, bronx, mean girls
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- 4404 Views
- 24 Comments
A story about my son--born on 9/10/01
FEBRUARY 29, 2012 6:32AM
Topics: nyc, roosevelt hospital, preeclampsia, nurses, doctors, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, addiction, alcoholism, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11
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- 2570 Views
- 19 Comments
Are NYC cops too aggressive? Duh?
FEBRUARY 22, 2012 8:08AM
Topics: life stories, subway, police, crime, cops, pedestrians, bike lanes, bikes, nyc, nypd, bronx teacher, high school
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- 3731 Views
- 10 Comments
How I STOPPED living on the edge
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 5:27AM
Topics: blogs, cary tennis, travel, teaching, jet, teaching fellows, nyc, life stories, publishing, writers and writing
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- 1005 Views
- 11 Comments
Life and death in the city that never sleeps...
JANUARY 22, 2012 5:06PM
Topics: new york, nyc, new york city, manhattan, central park, photography, open+call
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- 2804 Views
- 17 Comments
The joys of a sick day: A single/working mother’s refuge
JANUARY 11, 2012 5:51AM
Topics: nyc, real families, life stories, teaching, bronx, education reform, race to the top, single mothers, kids, education
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- 3545 Views
- 9 Comments
How I learned to stop worrying and love my crazy NY neighbor
DECEMBER 7, 2011 5:09AM
Topics: nypd, crack/meth, community, nyc, neighbors, real families, life stories, stalkers
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- 3239 Views
- 57 Comments
Why I Love Greenpoint, Brooklyn indie bookstore WORD
NOVEMBER 30, 2011 12:24PM
Topics: jenn northington, jennifer hayden, underwire, new york, nyc, brooklyn, greenpoint, word, books, book, declaration of independents, open call, poetry, nikki giovanni, rachel kramer bussel, reading
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Where's MY Community? In the NYC Bike Lane?
OCTOBER 26, 2011 5:19AM
Topics: critical mass, urban biking, community, bike lanes, nyc
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- 2933 Views
- 19 Comments
The Curse of Having a Cute Dog
OCTOBER 10, 2011 11:33AM
Topics: animals, cavalier king charles spaniel, new york city, nyc, pets, spaniel, dog
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- 2155 Views
- 33 Comments
Quitting the Old Neighborhood
AUGUST 22, 2011 7:06PM
Topics: meritocracy, working class, quitting, rustbelt, new york, mormons, tuscon, life after quitting, populism, working class, sunbelt, open call, arizona, nyc
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- 3113 Views
- 63 Comments
A Paradisiacal Staycation
AUGUST 5, 2011 12:08AM
Topics: mexico, nyc, paris, morocco, java, thailand, india, travel, family, photography, environment, feminism, fashion, travel, comedy, belief/religion, family, environment, animals, photography, feminism, mexico, nyc, fashion, paris, morocco, java, family, environment, comedy, thailand, belief/religion, india, family, environment, travel, animals, family, photography, environment, feminism, fashion, travel
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- 12 Comments
I Snuck Someone Into West Point
MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM
Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq
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- 4920 Views
- 10 Comments
“Lady, You're In The Psychiatric Unit.”
APRIL 6, 2011 12:01AM
Topics: no fun zones, real life, single, singles, divorce, divorced, true story, lower east side, nyc, divorced, hospital, medical, health, st. vincent's hospital, joan jett, radio city music hall, psych ward, will doig, mortifying disclosures, beth israel, beth israel hospital, bellevue, bellevue hospial, open call
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