Image: Forest Whitaker from Red Carpet Treatment on Reuters Blogs When I was a kid, the only way that I saw movies was from the backseat of my family’s car. At the drive-in. And, it wasn’t my reality to think I would be acting in movies, so receiving this honor tonight tells me that it’s [...]

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After re-reading some of the responses to my posting, Parents protest ‘time out’ cage in classroom, I get a sense that the consensus is for a shift towards more parental involvement at school. What does this mean? More parent-led activities? Higher attendance at parent-teacher interviews? A combination of the two? Research shows that a connection [...]

Image: Photo of Barack Obama from my.barackobama.com Teaching Our Kids in a 21st Century Economy. A speech by Senator Barack Obama, in October 2005 at the Center for American Progress (Go here for a text version) He talks about Jonathan Kozol‘s new book – Shame of a Nation. It seems to me that Mr. Kozol [...]

Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am [...]