Public School System Helps Homeless Teens
Imagine if a public school system could help students who want to use education as a way out of poverty and crime? A public charter school in the San Francisco […]
Homeschooling? Try Merit Academy Curriculum
Fed up with school options for your children? If you’re considering homeschooling, check out Merit Academy’s curriculum. We offer our curriculum framework to homeschoolers who want a high-caliber education that […]
Worried About Fire Insurance Coverage in California?
You’re not alone. The insurance companies are in flux themselves as they grapple with which zip codes to cover and which ones to cancel. They’re in the business of making […]
Clear and Chip Your Property to Prevent Fire
We limbed lower branches on our trees, weedwhacked overgrown brush, and chipped over 30 piles of branches. Phew! That was an intense few weeks of weekend work to get it […]
STEM Parents Leaving Careers Within 7 Years of Starting a Family
Mothers – and even fathers – are leaving STEM careers after having children. Why is this important? We need them in the science workforce and they need the income potential […]
Everything We Buy is Packaged in Plastic
Everything we buy is packaged in large plastic clamshells. Even small printer ink cartridges are packaged in plastic 4 times larger than the item itself. Salads, sandwiches, and meat are […]
The Lorax Truffula Tree Falls
The tree that inspired Dr. Seuss’s children’s book “The Lorax” has fallen. It was between 80-100 years old and according to Dr. Seuss, it represented the last truffula tree that […]
Guess Who Gets Extra Time on the SAT?
25% of rich students who attend wealthy high schools get extra time to take the SAT. Yup. But only 1% of low-income students get the same privilege. That is because […]
Limb Your Trees to Help Prevent Wildland Fires!
When the fire chief recommended 100 feet of defensible space around my house to help prevent wildland fires, I pulled out my pole saw (mini chainsaw on a pole) and […]
Bookshop Santa Cruz Now Carries My Book “The Millennial’s Guide to Free Child Care In Your Home”
My local bookstore Bookshop Santa Cruz now carries my book The Millennial’s Guide to Free Child Care in Your Home. If you’re in the area, stop by and check out the Local Authors’ […]