Writer, devoted supporter of public schools, former teacher, recovering journo, former editor of EduResearch Matters.
I couldn’t help myself. Here is my article in The Guardian. Dumping Adrian Piccoli shows conservative leaders just don’t care about public schools
The evening began simply enough. With the welcome heaviness of a cold bottle of beer in her hand, the farmer made her way to her sweet spot on the back porch: the spot where she could see part of every one of her fields, where she could see almost all the way to The Edge. … More Skyweeds ( Chapter Three)
Jozefa opened her eyes. It wasn’t morning that woke her; it was the night, hard and too close. Weak light squished in through the one window. Above her head a low ceiling chopped at the wide curve of the galvanized steel roof. She could see everything. Her three-year-old sister slept on, curled and soft beside … More Wojtek’s Apprentice
Linda Jane became the person whose mother tried to kill herself when she was twelve years old. Just before she became that person she was hurrying home through the cold shadows of a winter twilight. Little bits of calm licked at the bilious residue of her weekly piano lesson. Like many females of a similar … More Linda Jane
Maralyn Parker 