Hi Jill. Nice to meet you. Welcome to Work it, Mom! I used to live in Chicago. An awesome city with such a beautiful skyline. I miss it.

It would be interesting to hear more about your views on education/educational reform. The best ways to share your thoughts would be to post a short article on the topic to the Articles page or, alternatively, post a new discussion to this group:
http://www.workitmom.com/group_ateachers
or perhaps this one
http://www.workitmom.com/group_workitkids