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Around the World in Katie Days: April 2008
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Around the World in Katie Days. Tuesday, April 8, 2008. A number of you have inquired if I plan to or (gasp! Requested that I continue some sort of blog ruminating on the ebb and flow of my daily life. My mother meant it facetiously but I mean it in earnest when I say - I live to serve. So, I now have a new blog that is not so much about me as it is about New Jersey. "Why New Jersey? How can I possibly endure two years in the state known for big hair and not much else? Giving Jersey a Chance. I have this...
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: Data Driven
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Thursday, October 29, 2009. Let me just say before I go any further that I am not opposed to either of these concepts - they make a lot of sense, as concepts. I also see why teachers tend to react to them with wariness, if not downright hostility (as they did to related proposals in HB2261. Which passed the legislature this year). Even the most marvelous concepts can be implemented disastrously (communism, anyone? Even the most overcrowded classroom is a prett...
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: October 2011
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Thursday, October 27, 2011. Blog Backlog: Happy Birthday to the Big E! Back in September Lexi put out the word to Emmett's friends and family: Dear Everyone, The Big Guy is turning 70! We're making a video to show at his party. Please send us your good wishes in .MOV format, one minute or less, and please include yourself singing "Happy Birthday! Into our montage.). And attended by a small but enthusiastic group of extended family members (along with some extr...
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: December 2011
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Thursday, December 29, 2011. Special Delivery: Goodness and Light. Gosh, it's been a while, hasn't it? The holidays have been so full, I really don't know where to even begin to catch you up. It feels like I ought to be churning out a full report on, for instance, the neighborhood Christmas lights:. At about midnight, after. Karaoke fest had wrapped up,. One of the students asked. Jonathan to help him paint. Pac-Man on his polo shirt. Later on we took them all.
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: November 2011
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Monday, November 21, 2011. Why the Hell NOT? That's the nature of any human system - the most important aspects of it are unstatable and unknowable.". Stephen Sniderman, " Unwritten Rules. Last Tuesday afternoon I found myself in a chilly room at Seattle Center, listening to yet another presentation about how to become part of the recently-passed School Levy. I'd been to three of these damn workshops. And then, weeks after I'd gratefully tucked my manila " LEVY.
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: Put THAT in Your Levy
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Thursday, August 4, 2011. Put THAT in Your Levy. So I spent yesterday afternoon (one of this summer's sunniest and bluest-skied) at a three hour workshop hosted by the City's Office of Education. Here public schools and community organizations had gathered to learn how they could become part of the upcoming Families and Education Levy by - ready? Deep breath, now. The discovery that you only have to partner with one. Now, I am well aware that there are all kin...
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: September 2011
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Sunday, September 25, 2011. Blog Backlog: Dead End Party 2011. Deception Pass, and Marchantia. Here's some footage:. At the end of the evening (while attempting to ready my crew for departure) I was entranced by yet another mysteriously moving trick of the light. Marchantia in the background provided the perfect ready-made soundtrack. Why does it smell so sweet? Flowers blooming from cracks in the street. Ah, they're just like me and you. Many thanks to our fe...
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family: "Only on the Rapid Ride, Ma'am"
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The Adventures of the Kidde Woodward Family. Monday, February 17, 2014. Only on the Rapid Ride, Ma'am". So it was definitely an unwelcome surprise to see these guys pushing their way down the aisle of the Rapid Ride, demanding to see everyone’s Orca cards. As I handed mine over, I asked what the deal was. "I mean, I see you guys on the Light Rail, but on the bus, you can’t get on without paying, right? So what’s the point of checking again? I'm sorry, but can this possibly be worth it? Use the leeway the...
