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Dana VanderLugt

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Roller Skates and Blue Dresses

I was in first grade when my grandmother won the award for “youngest grandma” at my elementary school’s Grandparent’s Day assembly. I remember getting up

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No Easy Answers

My youngest son is the king of questions. His ten-year-old brain and his mouth seem to spin from the moment he opens his eyes in

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Geometry, Broccoli, and Jesus

Last week, I attended a seminar for educational leaders called Adaptive Schools. Led by Carolyn McKanders, who spent 28 years in the Detroit Public Schools

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Leaping off the Ladder

Fresh out of the car after a 23-hour Spring Break road trip, I’ve been contemplating journeys. One of my vacation reads this year was Pastrix:

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An Offering of Imperfection

In “Perfectly Imperfect,” a TedxMacatawa Talk I’ve watched and re-watched about a dozen times, my beloved college poetry teacher Jack Ridl asks, “What is something

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