Jean Snell
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | Maryland, United States |
| Introduction | This blog is for anyone who shares my passion for parenting AND for the potential of our American public schools. I have spent the last twenty years working in education while also formally studying the relationship between American democracy and public schooling. Last fall when my older daughter transitioned to kindergarten and struggled to find her footing, I found myself having to look anew at my assumptions about what to expect from the public schools. This blog is my opportunity to reconcile the tension I feel between my grandest aspirations for my own children and my extravagant hopes for what the public schools can do for all of our children. |
| Favorite books | You Can't Say You Can't Play (Vivian Paley), The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), The Girlfriend's Guide to . . . (Vicki Iovine), Democracy and Education (John Dewey), Ramona the Pest (Beverly Cleary), A Hope in the Unseen (Ron Suskind), Operating Instructions (Anne Lamott) |