Welcome to the Education with Grandma Blog

The following story comes from the voice and point of view of my grandmother as a young mother in East Texas. Grandmother Glover told...

As a mother, a teacher, and now as a grandparent, I realize how much children want and need sensible limits. I also appreciate that the...

Today, I want to deviate from my usual writing about literacy, behavior, dyslexia, or politics and share a family story. This story is...

In a system where facts seem like beliefs and beliefs act like facts, I fear for the education of our children and grandchildren. I...

In an earlier blog, I wrote about Deep Dyslexia. Today, I share ideas about Surface Dyslexia. Both types have challenges with oral...

“You’ve got to be kidding!” ~ Once again, Texas refuses to comply with federal law. This particular issue involves a refusal to provide...

I wrote this piece for my young, teenage granddaughter. Getting through the teen years can sometimes be a rough journey. I want her to...

“Reap what you sow” (Galatians 6: 7-8). “Do unto others as you would have them do unto to you” (Matthew 7: 12). If whites fear angry...

Logical and Natural Consequences One of the most cherished beliefs in parenting and in teaching insists that we must punish children....

PHONOLOGICAL DYSLEXIA Phonics instruction provides a tool that helps readers decode (break the code) created by combining written symbols...