It’s hot. Today the heat index was 99 degrees in North Carolina, and I know it’s been higher in other locations. Although many schools have air conditioning, it often isn’t very effective, making some rooms feel like the Arctic Circle and others like the tropics. When you combine extreme temperatures with a school dress code,…
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Is That a Tattoo?
To get my kindergartners warmed up for gym class, I would arrange students in a circle and lead them through various stretches. Once, when I demonstrated how to do a bicycling move, my shirt slid up slightly revealing a tattoo on my lower back. I sat up to see 27 kindergartners all staring at me…