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Are you AmeriCorps Mad?

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk,mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but…..

AmeriCorps- A Servants Heart

When we come to another year, another team, another AmeriCorps recruiting campaign, we stop in the space in-between, to look back to look forward, and ask what we call the Magic Question. What do we know from here (NOW) that…..

MCPS High School Principals- AmeriCorps makes an offer

Dear Principal and Career Guidance Team, As we approach the end of another year, I wanted to make an offer regarding some of your amazing students who you wish could stay on for an extra year. There are always some…..

Graduates, consider a Gap year serving your school

HOW TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE AGAIN FOR LEARNINGThe rising incidence of violence in our schools is turning education into the opposite of what it should be. School is meant to be a place where it is safe to explore and…..

These people did not have to die

From the Washington Post May 20th The Editorial Board “We remember them.” Following those simple and somber words, President Biden read the names and recounted the lives of the 10 people gunned down May 14 at the Tops Friendly Market grocery store in Buffalo:…..

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE STORY

THE SITUATIONClearly, the world needs changing, but we are stuck. The old methods don’t work. Democracy used to mean people had a say and that say counted. If there was a problem, we could come together to fix it. RIght…..

AmeriCorps 2022-23- What are we looking for?

It is recruiting time again. Anyone who has been on a selection panel from year to year knows that the losses of last year’s team shapes the way we choose next year’s winning team. If your team lacked strong defenders…..

AmeriCorps serving in the Post-Covid Era

The recent ASC AmeriCorps training conference in Burlington VT was a grand reunion of program directors, State Commissioners and national AmeriCorps leaders. Our last meeting was in 2019, so meeting in person felt extra special. We could put aside our…..

Montgomery County school board approves superintendent’s contract

By Nicole Asbury WP May 12 2022 Montgomery County’s new superintendent of schools will be paid an annual base salary of $320,000 — making her one of Maryland’s top-paid school leaders. The four-year contract approved Tuesday by the school district’s Board of Education was the final…..

Teens Are Advocating for Mental Health Days Off School

The decline in the mental health of children and adolescents has led to new laws allowing kids to attend to their own self-care. By Christina Caron NYT August 23 2021 By the time Ben Ballman reached his junior year in high school he was busier…..

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