Peter Folan

1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Peter Folan

   Folan: The day ordinary people answered the call (opens the original)

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   For those of us old enough to remember Sept. 11, 2001, we recall where we were, what we were doing, and the moment an ordinary morning became something else entirely. I was making copies for my English class when the music playing on the faculty room radio was interrupted. I remember standing with my colleagues at a hastily called faculty meeting. We agreed that students needed the reassuring rhythm of school and the steady presence of adults. It was not easy to stand before a classroom of middl

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2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Peter Folan

   Folan: What children bring back to school (opens the original)

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   For many families, summer arrives like a long exhale. The calendar opens and bedtimes stretch. Children have time to swim, travel, read, work, play, visit grandparents, go to camp, explore their neighborhoods, and use their imaginations. Then August turns toward school. Store aisles fill with notebooks. Class lists arrive. Summer is still with us, but we can sense the next season waiting. We often describe the return to school as an ending: the end of freedom, unstructured days, and summer fun.

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