Every Tuesday morning I send out a Tuesday Tip by email to my subscribers. If you’d like to receive these Tips, just email me at miriamkfreedman@gmail.com These Tips are all about TRUST — what it is, why it’s so vital, how to build it, how we need it in schools…

Every Tuesday morning I send out my Tuesday Tips by email to my subscribers. If you’d like to receive these Tips, just email me at miriamkfreedman@gmail.com. These Tips are all about TRUST — what it is, why it’s so vital, how to build it, how we need it in schools…

I’m always looking for stories that include that little word, TRUST. Just call me the “TRUST Lady.” After 60+ years in public education — as a teacher, hearing officer, school attorney, author of eight books and many opinion pieces, including in The Wall Street Journal, Education Week, and Education Next…

These posts continue to explore TRUST in schools and in every day life— what it is, why it’s so vital, how to build it, how we need it in everywhere, how to spot and avoid distrust, how to rebuild if it’s fractured, etc., etc. I’ll continue to share vignettes –short…

How many times have we heard that retort? Way too many…. In this start of summer, our Memorial Day weekend — of friends and family gatherings, school vacations, swimming, or just celebrating life or just because we feel like feasting, many cooks are preparing to grill or bake or cook…

I’ve carried Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye’s Boston Globe obituary with me since he died at age 88 in 2012. The obituary is by Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press. Here’s the opening: WASHINGTON — Recovering from war wounds that left him with one arm, Danny Inouye wanted a cigarette and…

Here’s a short, very short story about a speech by Stephen Hawking that I heard thirtynine years ago in Boston. Why share a short story, a vignette? Because I believe such stories may bring some wisdom, a smile, common sense reality, a path forward — in our challenging education world…

Surprise! Finding Booker T. Washington’s wisdom right there, on the path leading to the hotel…. My recent experience at the ADR (alternative dispute resolution) conference in Riverside was terrific — and full of wonderful surprises. Here’s a short, very short story — vignette of life — that I’d like to…

Judy Heumann died this week at the age of 75. Due to polio, she was wheelchair bound and she became a powerful advocate and champion in the fight for rights for people with disabilities — for more than 50 years! Have you heard of her? Her name is all over…