Nominate a great teacher for the PEOPLE Teacher of the Year Award. People Magazine will honor 5 educators (K-12th grade) with a $5,000 award. Download a form at people.com/teacherofyear. Nominations will be accepted through July 2nd. Judges for the award are the editors of People and a panel of education professionals: John Legend – Grammy-winning musician and…
Starting this week, it is National Park Week – April 21 – April 29. Enjoy free admission to any of the 397 National Park properties. Many of you know that we named our kids after National Parks — Jasper, Bryce and McKinley! Please, be sure to visit one of your favorite parks this week or…
Is the key to improving our education system providing more personalized education to our children? Perhaps? Definitely? Or somewhere in between? Personalized education is almost always a good thing – each child gets the level of instruction they need for their level of learning. This type of personalization is usually seen in the Special Education…
I really hate Gmail right now. I have no messages in my inbox – that part is a good thing or COULD have been a good thing. Had it not been for the hundred or so messages that were in my inbox because I needed to address them, it would have been a good thing.…