As some of you may know, I am in training for the Baltimore Marathon this year, October 13, 2012. This has been an exciting year, and the marathon will be run one week before we celebrate my son’s first birthday. This is my first 26.2, and I’ll be wearing a WorldRelief jersey and standing with…
Month: September 2012
why are we asking the wrong questions about education?!?
[I’m warning you now, this is probably the longest blog post I’ve ever written, but my passion on the issue requires it…] The Chicago Teachers’ strike is compelling news to me for a number of reasons. [For example, why did the union not give parents and students more lead time that a strike might be…
nurture your first love
So, someone asked me this week while I was in a meeting, “Do you get the runner’s high?” I replied, I’m not quite sure what that is. I can say, however, that running has captured my competitive instinct (at least what’s left of it), and my drive to push myself to new levels has taken…