Homeschool Hell
Homeschool is happening. And let’s all be honest. It. Is. Hell. On. Earth. No matter which side of this you are on, it’s hard. As a parent with credentials in education, I can tell you this sucks. It’s hard on teachers to rework how they approach instruction, it’s hard on kids because they are now…
Read MoreDogs of ERG, Part 2
Well y’all, things are really weird and uncertain right now. Times are changing right in front of us, and it can be a little (or a lot) scary. Since pretty much everything we are seeing on our news feeds is about the current pandemic, we wanted to bring you all something completely different: dogs! PS-…
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When I was in the 2nd grade, our class got in trouble on the playground, and our teacher had us come inside and write an essay on how we would act the next day. She was mad. And she was not from North Carolina. She was from somewhere up north where they wore heavy coats…
Read MoreWhen Students Light the Way
The best gift I didn’t know I needed was a touch lamp. The kind that turn off and on when you barely touch the base of it. This particular touch lamp was black on the bottom with a round base and slender pole leading up to the lightbulb. The bulb was covered by a tan…
Read MoreRespect The Snow Day
Snow in the South is wonderful. It has a kind of magic and mystery that it has nowhere else. And the reason for this is that it comes to people in the South not as the grim, unyielding tenant of Winter’s keep, but as a strange and wild visitor from the secret North. Thomas Wolfe…
Read MoreDogs of ERG
At ERG Headquarters our word for February is the obvious: LOVE One thing we love that loves us right back is our dogs. Here’s a quick look at three dogs of ERG: Madi My human: Alice Oakley My breed: Lab mix My birthday: 2016 My story: My former owner surrendered me to the Forsyth Humane Society…
Read MoreHow Potatoes are Like a PLC
In the last decade we have seen the rise (and fall) of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The idea itself is a really good one… bring professionals together, collaborate and learn, and walk away with agency to do amazing things for students. What could possibly go wrong?! Well, like many things in education, we took an…
Read MoreFailure in the Kitchen and in the Classroom
Anyone who has ever attempted to cook has burned something. It happens. And when it does happen, it is very tangible. You can see the burn, taste the burn, smell the burn. It’s immediate and signals us to make changes. Do we throw it out? Do we fix it? Can we make an adjustment and…
Read MoreThe Differentiated Cook
ERG has a friend – we’ll call her Sally – who appears to be easy going, but in reality, she is pretty high maintenance. She has to sit in the front seat or she will get car sick, she only wears a certain brand of cosmetics, and she has a zillion demands about food. But…
Read MoreHow Pound Cake Builds Community
It’s a not so well-kept secret that we love food over at ERG Headquarters. We love our schools and our teachers and growing all learners, but the topic of food is usually next on the list when we are done talking shop. One day, when thinking about why we love food so much and why…
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