JAZZ BECAME HOPE

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I thought Las Vegas was crazy, but it is nothing compared to the French Quarter in New Orleans.  Now granted, there are a lot more people in Vegas and you could fit the entire French Quarter in the lobby of one of the mega-casinos on the Strip… but you cannot deny the authenticity and music [...]

TWO BALLOONS

 
 
 
 
Last week I was exhausted and I didn’t know why.  Then I realized that graduation ceremonies are so emotionally draining its a wonder that we don’t just implode like a bad cake after they are over.  
This year we held two ceremonies… one for our 6th grade and one for 8th grade.  We just added [...]

JOY OR DANCING

An article by Iris C. Rotberg, a research professor of education policy at George Washington University, in Washington, appears in the June 11 edition of Education Week.  It is entitled–  “Quick Fixes, Test Scores, and the Global Economy: Myths That Continue to Confound Us”.
 In part it states:  

Our policy deliberations are dominated by a belief [...]

SPIRITS, TAMALES, & EXOTIC LIZARDS

On an education blog called LeaderTalk, Peter Reilley (whose spells his last name incorrectly) asked:
Is there a connection between our own spiritual growth and our work? Most people keep them separate. It’s pretty common to feel that ‘work is work’ and anything spiritual doesn’t belong in our professional lives. I know that this is a delicate [...]