Towering Above in Education

Towering Above in Education

By Robin Harkey This plant researcher girl had a spring in her step donning overalls and a wide-brimmed gardening hat (well, not really) ready to go exploring to visit third-grade teacher, Amber Czapansky, at Rowland Elementary and witness her “Food for Thought”...
Budding Thinkers in the Making

Budding Thinkers in the Making

By Robin Harkey My 20/20 vision intently peered into a compound microscope and adjusted the knobs to bring forth the highest level of clarity, to observe yeast cells budding. These cells, to me, were not much different from teenage life. Budding beings, who shoot up...
H-E-B is so much more than a store

H-E-B is so much more than a store

  I’ve been stewing over ways to publicly thank H-E-B for their heroic efforts over the past year to help fund the VISD Education Foundation. But just like that, the grocery store giant has successfully squashed my analysis paralysis as one contemplates their...
A Vehicle for Learning Real-World Lessons

A Vehicle for Learning Real-World Lessons

By Robin Harkey I dashed out my office door to go driving out in the country down Farm-to-Market Road 236 in my ordinary Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen. The “nerd-mobile” as my kids like to call it, for a visit to Mission Valley Elementary and fifth-grade teacher, Mrs....