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Politics on Rana Station

Politics on Rana Station

In last week’s post I promised to talk about politics on Rana Station this week. As I said in that post, I built the Station’s system on ideas garnered from decades of teaching, studying history, and observing our contemporary society. Those experiences inspired the guiding question, What kind of environment would allow ALL of my students to reach their full potential? I’ve spent most of my career teaching both urban and rural students from lower-income areas. I knew our current…

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Jan S. Gephardt, a tough act to follow

Jan S. Gephardt, a tough act to follow

Jan S. Gephardt, the older of the two Weird Sisters, has always been a tough act to follow.  Super-smart and insanely talented, she was also three years further along the trail to mastery of all essential life skills than her baby sister, which was intensely frustrating for G. S. Norwood from just about the beginning of time. The older-kid advantage As children, Jan took the lead in making up stories for their shared playtime.  The two sisters stayed up far…

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Keeping things interesting

Keeping things interesting

How does a small press begin? Lots of ways, potentially. How did Weird Sisters Publishing begin? You might say it was a case of opportunity meets shared passion meets . . . retirement? As ever, we’re keeping things interesting. It’s the culmination of a long history of two sisters teaming up to do stuff. Especially interesting, creative stuff. Our parents were teachers, so they gave us an interesting launch from Day One. (Yes, all parents are teachers, but ours also…

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