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  • 74 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “Being a High-School Teacher Is a Great Disguise”

    Posted on August 29, 2013 | 1 Comment
    "Being a high-school teacher is a great disguise . . . "

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  • 27 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “it starts”

    Posted on November 15, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Angela Felsted is a musician, poet, and nature lover. Her work has appeared in issue fifteen of Drown in Your Own Fears, in Chantarelle's Notebook, and on her blog.

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  • Walk to School

    Posted on November 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Today’s Ride to Church is actually a Walk to School–and it comes to us from Amanda in England.   Amanda asked whether we’d be willing to run a series of photos of her and her children’s walk to school because she considers their school to […]

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  • Knit Together: Back to School Edition

    Posted on August 31, 2011 | No Comments
    I love back-to-school season. I love it because it means my kids will be back in school and not at home watching too much TV, bickering all day long, and eating us out of house and home. But I also love it because it’s part […]

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  • On Starting High School

    On Starting High School

    Posted on August 22, 2011 | 15 Comments
    Dear Kennedy, Today is your first day as a high school freshman. This is madness. When we dropped you off today, I remembered taking you to kindergarten and feeling nervous about leaving you to interface with what looked like menacing fifth graders-“big kids.” And then […]

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  • Parental Involvement: The Gold Standard

    Posted on May 11, 2011 | 22 Comments
    We hold these truths to be self-evident-that all good parents are involved in their children’s education. They bring food (homemade . . . that goes without saying) to teacher appreciation breakfasts and lunches. They chaperone field trips. They watch very long spelling bees. They sit […]

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