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W J O'Reilly

Grounding One’s Independence

In an ever-changing world of adapting relationships and evolving marriages, versatility was crucial. As situations shifted, so did primary…

Jul 18, 2023

Grounding One’s Independence

Jul 18, 2023

W J O'Reilly

DOESN’T SNOW HERE ANYMORE. a novel

Jul 14, 2023

Jul 14, 2023

W J O'Reilly

Of Pride and Pain

What is this abyss between father and daughter — a chasm so deep, so devouring that even the whispered longings of the heart cannot…

Jul 13, 2023

Of Pride and Pain

Jul 13, 2023

W J O'Reilly

Stern Schoolmarm

She and I will forever remember each other’s names. Though we arrived here unplanned, it feels fated, as if we were always meant to be in…

Jul 13, 2023

Stern Schoolmarm

Jul 13, 2023

W J O'Reilly

I had known Eddy for over three decades when he passed away in April of 2020.

We first met in the mid 80s when I moved to Brooklyn after college. Eddy was working as a cabbie back then, careening around the borough…

Jul 13, 2023

I had known Eddy for over three decades when he passed away in April of 2020.

Jul 13, 2023

W J O'Reilly

Any Great Awakening

From age eleven, I declared myself a poet. Writing became my path to truth and understanding life’s deepest questions. I dreamed of being…

Jul 13, 2023

Any Great Awakening

Jul 13, 2023

W J O'Reilly

We Need to Unpack Our Cryptic Notions about Education, Or We’ll Never Stop Eating the Menu

You’ve all heard about “eating the menu and not the meal.” To me, what passes for our understanding of education is the menu and true…

Apr 7, 2016

Apr 7, 2016

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An Exceptional Sports/Scholar Program in Brooklyn Has a 78% Academic Success Rate While Producing…

When he signed on as assistant principal at Acorn Community High School, yet another troubled “small learning community” in crown heights…

Mar 9, 2016

Mar 9, 2016

W J O'Reilly

W J O'Reilly

InnerMotivation: Learning that transforms the learner; it is sudden, spontaneous, fully resonating with the self and doesn’t happen in the same way to everyone.

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