A thought provoking thought…

“If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

Young son of Birmingham Radio Host Rick Burgess Drowns

Young Son Of Birmingham Radio Host Drowns In Swimming Pool

Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 – 07:32 PM 

By Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The 2-year-old son of a popular Birmingham radio personality has drowned in a residential swimming pool in Shelby County.In a statement, Sheriff Chris Curry says the child, William Bronner Burgess, the youngest son of [...]

Young son of Birmingham Radio Host Rick Burgess Drowns

Young Son Of Birmingham Radio Host Drowns In Swimming Pool

Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 – 07:32 PM 

By Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The 2-year-old son of a popular Birmingham radio personality has drowned in a residential swimming pool in Shelby County.
In a statement, Sheriff Chris Curry says the child, William Bronner Burgess, the youngest son of [...]

Bullying is no longer something that will just go away…

Local

Parents blame bullying for Mo. fifth-grader’s suicide
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, The Associated Press
2008-01-15 18:10:33.0
Current rank: # 479 of 8,228
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. -The bedroom bears the telltale signs of a typical boy on the cusp of his teen years: discarded food wrappers, video game consoles, clothes scattered on the floor.
The disarray hides tragedy inside the suburban [...]

Do we prepare kids for college or for life?

January 16, 2008

The College Question

Is our K-12 education system too focused on preparing all kids for college, at the expense of preparing them for life?  This basic question has been setting the edusphere ablaze recently.At A Place at the Table, Susan Graham’s blog at Teacher Magazine, Graham asks “Have we all been part of a [...]

Malnutrition and Children…what can we do?

 

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Malnutrition Responsible for a Third of Child Deaths Worldwide

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay ReporterThu Jan 17, 5:02 PM ET

THURSDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) — A international epidemic of maternal and childhood malnutrition accounts for more than one-third of childhood deaths and 11 percent of the world’s disease burden, [...]

Arthur Ashe on true success…

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
-Arthur Ashe

On Father’s Day

On Father's day it is important for all fathers to understand the influence that they have and how they have been given a responsibility to be difference makers.
I would go as far to say if one is not going to start at home making a difference then one is really not going to leave a [...]

Autism…a much misunderstood disability

 
Autism is something that with inclusion being implemented through out the country all teachers and administrators must learn more about and can no longer just leave the autistic student to the Special Education teacher. Recent research has made some phenomenal strides in helping everyone understand the mind of the autistic person. Time magazine recently [...]

Character…an option or should it be standard equipment?

 This blog is not only for my own ideas but to forward great ideas and resources. Educators have been taught a collaborative approach but the collaboration seems to stop at the classroom door. Any type of collaboration seems to be anathema for an educator for some reason. I understand that I do not have a monoploy [...]