What is even more thrilling...life affecting...important to me than a blogging conference with 500 of my blogging BFFs and meeting Harry Connick, Jr.? A million children I will never meet. Last Spring I had the dream-come-true privilege of traveling to...
One day I returned home to find my daughter's friends had graffitied the hall mirror at the top of our stairs...They're teenagers...and I haven't been able to bring myself to Windex their sweetness. Would you?{And, at least it wasn't the...
In less than a month I'll be returning to Nashville for Blissdom '10, a blogging conference touted as "the premier conference for women" and all I can say about that is a) it is wonderful to meet in person those...
This week, the Tennessee legislature will be negotiating and voting on a monumental shift in K–12 education with possible legislation that mandates the use of student achievement data to evaluate and tenure teachers.
Since 1992, the state of Tennessee has used...
Seth Godin's "The Future of the Library" post, short as it was, certainly threw out some broad generalities and judgments. It ruffled quite a few librarian feathers ("ORLY? Information is free? That's not what all my INVOICES say!"), and made...
In January, Chattarati invites leaders and thinkers to participate in What Matters Now, a commentary series of ideas for our region in 2010.
Walkability
Written by Mark McKnight.
In the spirit of New Year's top 10 lists, here are the top 10 reasons...
MSBC 5 By Joseph Shipp & D.J. Trischler.
A series of three unfortunate car accidents recently influenced my decision to go carless. I said goodbye to the idea of car transportation and opted to investigate the idea of bicycle transportation. This...
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