I was able to visit with programs serving refugees in Athens and the island of Chios, Greece [...]
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Schools in Hell
Okay, Purgatory maybe. I haven’t posted for a few months now, while jumping into some significant projects [...]
Read moreTwo Hats: School Consulting and Ending Veterans’ Homelessness
I’ve been wearing two hats this season – 1. School Consulting and 2. Ending Veterans’ Homelessness. Just [...]
Read moreOn Giants’ Shoulders — Motivating the Unmotivated
Here’s a great idea for reaching under-motivated students, making use of two powerful tools: video technology and [...]
Read moreAppreciating the Survivors
School shootings are almost unfathomable horrors for all of us, but particularly for those who lost their [...]
Read moreMILES DE MANOS
Miles de Manos (Thousands of Hands) is just one of a number of promising programs I got [...]
Read moreTrapped; a memoir
The best of memoirs do a number of things well – they give us intimate views of [...]
Read moreSAFE HAVENS INTERNATIONAL
Every few years I have the opportunity to work with Mike Dorn, one of the brightest stars [...]
Read moreTEACH LIKE A CHAMPION
I was recently delighted to discover M. Night Shyamalan’s brilliant book, I Got Schooled, which I now [...]
Read moreBicycle Heaven
Bicyles are mighty popular in Eugene, Oregon, so it’s no surprise to find Jan VanderTuin here, the [...]
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