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Aug 12, 2022

There’s no alternative: Go back to the table

Today, the Columbus City School Board released an “alternative opening plan” involving remote learning in the event of a teacher strike. Here was my reply to them. Good evening, As a proud CCS parent, I was dismayed to receive the “alternative opening plan” from the district today. We have all…

Education

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Education

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May 4, 2022

Welcome to Ohio, Intel

Maybe you should leave — Dear Patrick Gelsinger: You’re one of the most popular men in Ohio right now. Since January, the state has been abuzz about the $20 billion investment you are making in Licking County, just outside of Columbus. We’re delighted that you’re going to bring thousands of jobs to the state that…

Abortion

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Welcome to Ohio, Intel
Welcome to Ohio, Intel
Abortion

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Mar 12, 2022

News

U.S. News, that is… — In December, I set a goal — very quietly — to get a national byline published in 2022. Through a series of coincidences, I found myself talking to the new editor of the U.S. News Education vertical on January 6. So began a series of conversations, emails, and furious writing…

Writing

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News
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Aug 27, 2021

A Quick Note

I normally use Medium to tell stories that I don’t get to tell elsewhere: personal, emotional, and current stories that would be out of date by the time I tried to place them. …

Personal

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Personal

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Aug 23, 2021

“All In” is making us all insane

The third year of COVID schooling begins — It hit me two weeks ago, when my kid got a sniffle. His illness seemed completely ordinary. We were more careful than we used to be about a cold — taking his temperature twice a day, asking about taste and smell — but saw no real reason to worry. We…

Covid-19

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“All In” is making us all insane
“All In” is making us all insane
Covid-19

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May 7, 2021

It’s the Low Wages and Lack of Childcare, Stupid

Once again, parents are a forgotten piece of the economic puzzle. — And so it begins. Faster than you can say “vaccine,” the narrative that unemployment benefits are causing people not to work is creeping into the news. This isn’t new — and it isn’t true, either. While blaming the government for being overly generous and blaming potential employees for being lazy…

Parenting

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It’s the Low Wages and Lack of Childcare, Stupid
It’s the Low Wages and Lack of Childcare, Stupid
Parenting

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Apr 1, 2021

“It Could be a Lion”

A year without school is a year without school shootings — When the tornado sirens went off early last week, it was the height of pandemic excitement. We’ve memorized the routine of our neighborhood after repeating it for 54 weeks, and that routine includes a weekly test of the tornado warning system every Wednesday at noon. “It’s the Wednesday alarm!” …

Pandemic Reflections

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“It Could be a Lion”
“It Could be a Lion”
Pandemic Reflections

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Mar 24, 2021

My 40th Birthday Gift from the Governor

I got the vaccine the first day I was eligible — Fifty-three weeks to the day after the shutdowns began, I got my first Covid shot. One dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is working its way through my body. I couldn’t be happier. I’m still in disbelief that it happened so quickly. When the vaccines started rolling out in December…

Pandemic Reflections

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My 40th Birthday Gift from the Governor
My 40th Birthday Gift from the Governor
Pandemic Reflections

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Mar 13, 2021

The Last Week

Remembering when we thought Covid might be a temporary inconvenience, and what it became instead — I have a photograph from March 10, 2020 on my camera roll. In it, my kids are pointing at the contents of our pantry that we’d emptied onto the floor. They’d built a tower of cans and peanut butter next to a collection of boxed soups. I’d used the occasion…

Pandemic Reflections

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The Last Week
The Last Week
Pandemic Reflections

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·Mar 7, 2021

The Last Show

A night in March 2020 that was nearly normal — One year ago tonight, I was dancing my ass off at a concert. The local band snarls was celebrating the release of Burst, its first fantastic album, and the music hummed in the humid air while the room buzzed with energy that only just-might-be-about-to-become-rock-stars can pull from a crowd. Fans…

Pandemic Reflections

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The  Last Show
The  Last Show
Pandemic Reflections

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Linda Lee Baird

Linda Lee Baird

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Columbus-based writer, educator, and mom. Read more at lindaleebaird.com.

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