Julie Landsman

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Biography

About me

I am a former public school teacher and a writer. My latest book, Growing Up White came out in September, 2008. I am also a visual artist. I live in the warehouse district and walk each morning along the river.

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In spite of our broken democracy

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

You know the warning on your car mirror: “Objects In Mirror May Appear Larger Than They Are”. This phrase reminds me of the distorted ways we sometimes see and experience this world.

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Letting down our students, our teachers

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

“I am afraid nothing will change”

“Nothing’s gonna change, it isn’t ever going to be any different.”

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Triple play: Boston to Texas to DC

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

Three events sent me into a tailspin of despair this past week. I know many who felt this way judging from Facebook and personal emails.

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Where do we start?

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

For the last two weeks I have had the pleasure of speaking with faculty and students in parts of the rural Midwest.

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A school system that has lost touch

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

Sometimes you have to jump in and speak out. Sometimes you hold back, see where the wind takes you, decide later to write something, say something.

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How do we come together?

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

Levin, at the end of the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, thinks the following:

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The often unheard story of our public schools

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

Sometimes I need to get out of my adult world and go talk with some young people. I am especially intrigued by what boys and girls think about reading, writing, ethical issues and literature.

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Our complex history on issues of race, our local response

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

 I recently wondered aloud if white parents in the southwest area of this city would be willing to send their sons and daughters to the north side to help keep some schools open just as black

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Civil discourse and social media

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

My father believed that competition was healthy . He was convinced that our success as a country depended heavily on winning: whether it was wars or business or the St.

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Not in my schoolyard?

By Julie Landsman, The View From Here

It had been almost fifty years since I had been in an Episcopal church: not since  boarding school days.

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