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(From 2017) Tomorrow we have our fourth Annual Storytelling Festival for the AmeriCorps programs of Maryland. Our hosts at Casa Maryland and Pablo Blank always provide a warm welcome in their amazing space. Each year, we try different things and…..
Robin Givhan Washington Post February 22nd 2023 The photographs of President Jimmy Carter during his time in the White House aren’t unlike those of other men who’ve held that office. Mostly they are dignified snapshots of him shaking hands with…..
Max Boot Washington Post February 13th 2023 Fifty years ago, in early 1973, with U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War coming to a close, the Nixon administration announced the end of draft call-ups. The armed forces, which had been dependent on conscripts…..
from Rehan AllahwalaFounder Social Media Incubator This is extract from the book, Outwitting the Devil from Napoleon Hill, which i consider the best book for all educators to learn. Reverse the present system by giving children the privilege of leading…..
Watch this delightful video music on gratitude.
Kate Woodhouse Washington Post Feb 18th 2023 Kids are unwell. Worse than ever recorded, according to two new reports tracing depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in teens. There is a frantic search for ways to stop kids from hurting……
My favorite quote about writing — or anything else, for that matter — comes from George Orwell’s essay, “Politics and the English Language”: “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.” Orwell’s insight was that politicians and institutions use meaningless phrases…..
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525441-1/black-black-resilience-brilliance-america
Donna St George Katherine Lewis Lindsay Bever… Washington Post Feb 18th 2023 When Sophie Nystuen created a website for teens who had experienced trauma, her idea was to give them space to write about the hurt they couldn’t share. The Brookline, Mass.,…..
By Donna St. George Washington Post Feb 14th 2023 Teen girls across the United States are “engulfed in a growing wave of violence and trauma,” according to federal researchers who released data Monday showing increases in rape and sexual violence, as well as record levels of feeling sad…..
By Nicholas Kristof New York Times February 13th 2023 A lovely aphorism holds that education isn’t the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. But too often, neither are pails filled nor fires lit. One of the most bearish statistics for the future of the…..