Complete Archive - Marjorie Larner

a necessary change of course

After 9 months writing daily with a goal to find reasons to hope, to sustain morale, to keep trying within… more »

This morning, a student teacher said he was tired (waking up so early again). This is not tired, I told… more »

Tomorrow I re-enter a school building after several weeks away. I am trying to suspend expectations but they are there…. more »

“The best way to know if you can trust somebody is trust them.” Ernest Hemingway Two days until return to… more »

I believe that our human nature leads us to connect. We want to collaborate. Traditional communities operate with rituals and… more »

A new school year is like a new year–I can’t help making resolutions. I would like to bring the calm… more »

Wonder if there is something to this advice from the far past: First thing every morning before you arise say… more »

Keep trying–you never know when your word, your act, your listening will make the difference or contributes to the a… more »

How do we know when to take action, what actions will make a difference? There isn’t a simple answer–maybe no… more »

A conversation in the New York Times with D’Angelo and Bobby Seale looking for what we can do—multiple things to do. more »

I worked in a school where we spent one after school meeting every week focused on one child. We used… more »

As the start of school draws closer, pictures of kids in hallways and classrooms fill my mind. Crowds of kids…. more »

How many of us who now are in a position to assume we have the privilege of being seen as white… more »

In all the debate of public education, in all the arguments in defense of public education, we have not remembered… more »

Turning to those who have voiced the struggle for justice and social well being. Some statements from James Baldwin to… more »