This is an edited version of an article from Time magazine on 1/15/15. News stories about the debate over the DREAM act, the tens of thousands of children who arrive unaccompanied in the U.S. each year and the backlash against immigrants in the Middle East after the recent immigration ban on Muslims can raise all […]
The US Is Falling Behind In Early Education
As this election season kicks into high gear one of the topics that seems to be missing from the candidate’s plans is education. With so much focus on ISIS, emails, and decades old conversations, it seems that the concerns that the candidates discussed early in the election cycle have fallen by the wayside. It wasn’t […]
How To Handle Election Season Negativity
This presidential election season has been interesting, to say the least. As the primary season rolls on it seems that the candidates have taken to some extreme – perhaps inflammatory and questionable – measures to gain voters. For some of them, they’re no longer talking about policies and planning, or trying to win over the […]
“I don’t know how I can do all of this!”
This is a frequently voiced refrain from people in leadership positions of community groups. Why? Because as a volunteer member, elected leader or salaried administrator of a parent organization, school, recreation club, or youth group, it always seems like there are a million things to do. And even though most of us in these positions […]