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Phone Apps, Video Games, Computer Simulations and Teacher Preparation
19January

Phone Apps, Video Games, Computer Simulations and Teacher...

There’s an App For That, Right? Video games can build mental muscles. Research over the last decade says so. Look for yourself. They’re not just games kids play anymore. Researchers Say “Video gaming can increase...

Upstanding Bully Prevention: A Program That Works
17January

Upstanding Bully Prevention: A Program That Works

Students When They Really "Give a Hoot" About Others The Orchard Elementary School Owls really "give a hoot" about one another.  Their school motto is "Together is Better," and they mean it, because they literally, day in and day...

Caregivers: Who's There for Them When They Need Someone?
17January

Caregivers: Who's There for Them When They Need...

Caregivers: Who's There for Them When They Need Someone? I taught in classrooms and administrated entire schools for more than 3-decades, and I can say that no one was there for me when I experienced my first student who used a gun...

Schools and Early Therapy-Needs identification
16January

Schools and Early Therapy-Needs identification

It's Time to Put Our Money Where Our Mouths Should Be 1.2 million students drop out of U.S. schools every year. That's roughly 7,000 every day, or 1 every 26 seconds, according to data compiled by folks at ChildTrends.org and...

Parenting and Teening
12January

Parenting and Teening

Dancing on a Rope: Parenting and Teening "Teach your children well... Teach your parents well... Just look at them and sigh, And know that they love you." Graham Nash For years before my daughter was born, I had recurring...

90 percent of Americans Say They Believe in An Afterlife
10January

90 percent of Americans Say They Believe in An Afterlife

90% of Americans Say They Believe in An Afterlife  Do you believe in an afterlife? Do you scoff at the notion of 'you-only-living-once?' Do you believe that this life is merely the first stop in a wondrous cosmic journey? If so,...

Cell Phones: Pandora's Box Redux
05January

Cell Phones: Pandora's Box Redux

Cell Phones: Pandora's Box Redux Everyone has one…or more. There are more of them than people in the United States, recently reported the Federal Communication Commission (FCC).  Further, the number of times and the length...