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emmersbrown

  1. @RachelAnneLevy hey, thanks! about 7 hours ago via web in reply to RachelAnneLevy
  2. Teacher tenure: a case study. When her principal tried to fire her, Violet Nichols fought back. wapo.st/MrBR1q about 8 hours ago via web
  3. yes!! RT @romenesko "Refreshing, if not stunning," to see NYT's 6,500-word story on last run of ultra marathoner Micah True. 7:49 AM May 23rd via web
  4. How tuition tax credits (approved in Va this year) funnel public money to private schools, often w/o aiding poor kids. nyti.ms/JjZLts 6:48 AM May 22nd via web
  5. Hard not to get a little emotional as the Joplin, MO sup't tears up, sending his high school grads out into the world. whitehouse.gov/live 6:31 PM May 21st via web
  6. Marin County, get ahold of yourself. nyti.ms/KEXVzx 5:57 PM May 21st via NYTimes for iPad
  7. Third-grade teacher changes a kid's life. Decades later, kid honors teacher with an $800K donation to his old school. wapo.st/KMxzvX 8:22 AM May 21st via web
  8. Uh huh. @mwollan: Considering an IPO induced Facebook fast. 6:43 PM May 17th via Twitter for iPhone
  9. Nicholas Katzenbach, the Kennedys' unflappable emissary to the South for confrontations over civil rights, has died. wapo.st/KnftT4 2:37 PM May 9th via web
  10. @brianvastag whoa. who knew? 9:22 AM May 9th via web in reply to brianvastag
  11. And my former teaching partner, Molly Box, taught me it's possible to be an incredible teacher, mom AND friend. Thanks, Mol! #thankateacher 6:39 PM May 8th via Twitter for iPhone
  12. Miss King taught me to love history, Mr. Mac physics. Lydia Chavez taught me about skepticism and hard work. #thankateacher 6:38 PM May 8th via Twitter for iPhone
  13. @johnpeabody aw. 2:12 PM May 8th via web in reply to johnpeabody
  14. sigh. RT @flowill Where is the best country to be a mom? Not U.S. wapo.st/KKlAOz 11:54 AM May 8th via web
  • Name emma brown
  • Web http://www.washin...
  • Bio former middle school math teacher, now Washington Post education reporter. links and RTs are not endorsements.
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