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A children’s garden – such a sweet notion for such a big step for 5 year olds into the world of education!  Checking out kindergarten blogs and chats…

The attached link to a Frontline program on middle school is worth the few minutes it takes to view it.  Before you watch it, consider this story of…

Summer learning loss. It's the new buzz term for kids’ brain hibernation over the summer vacation. It happens a little bit to all students, but most…

Can One Passing Comment To a Child Really Make a Difference? In previous blogs I wrote about our community’s role in education for our youth,…

Summer Learning Loss: Four ways kids approach summer vacation   It’s always interesting to me when an old topic takes on new urgency – as though it…

One of the questions posed to stakeholders in the Asheville City Schools strategic planning process is: How well does ACS prepare students with the…

  The Asheville City School system is designing a new strategic plan.  I had the recent honor of being interviewed as a stakeholder in the schools. …

Whenever I go to a conference that costs me or my employer money, I expect to bring back at least three things.  I want to get at least one new idea…