Tag Archives: awareness

Don’t hurt & don’t put up with being hurt

By admin | Published: February 5, 2007
This is the start of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. Anything that hurts teens makes me want to scream. Nobody deserves to be hurt. Period. What can you do? Learn about the problem. Study the numbers. Review the research. Know the signs. “Break the silence, make the call.” Read Lynn Evarts’ article, [...]
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teachers – this is for you

By admin | Published: June 29, 2006
I’ve been meaning to post a link to this for months. Agnes Irwin, one of my favorite schools in the country, started the Dream Flags Project in 2003. It has blossomed and grown. Teachers who are looking for an excellent project next year that revolves around themes of peace, poetry, art, and ways to connect [...]
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How to make yourself feel good today

By admin | Published: June 28, 2006
The Dewey Donation System might be my favorite Internet concept of the year. It is a website that coordinates donations to libraries in the Gulf Coast region hard-hit by Katrina. They’ve set up wish lists on Amazon so you can order books that will be shipped directly to the libraries. Simple, fast, and elegant. Our [...]
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More proof that librarians are angels on earth

By admin | Published: June 26, 2006
The American Library Association’s annual conference is going on in New Orleans right now. (No, I’m not there. But I wish that I were.) This is the first major convention to be held in New Orleans since hurricane Katrina devastated the city. I am not exactly what you call an insider, but from what I’ve [...]
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Amazing Timken Experience

By admin | Published: April 11, 2006
Days like yesterday give me faith in the American High School. Yeah, I really just wrote that. I can’t believe it, either. I have lots of faith in teenagers and good teachers, but I have been in way too many schools where administration was a weak link, and the kids suffered from a lack of [...]
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