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This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, March 24th, 2023. Hi Contrast Hymn Books If you don’t teach your kids the Lord’s songs, the world will teach them its songs. The brand-new Hi-Contrast Hymn Book is designed to help you teach your children the most beloved songs of the Christian faith. Its captivating illustrations will create special moments of truth, goodness, and beauty in your home every day. To get a copy for your family, go to www.hicontrasthymnbooks.com/FLF. That’s www. “H” “I” contrasthymnbooks.com/FLF. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-says-several-americans-remain-detained-taliban-afghanistan Blinken says 'several Americans' remain detained by Taliban in Afghanistan Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that "several Americans" remain detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan after the Biden administration's withdrawal from the country in the summer of 2021. Blinken's comments came during an exchange with Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday to examine the "State of American Diplomacy in 2023: Growing Conflicts, Budget Challenges, and Great Power Competition." "There are several Americans who are being detained by the Taliban. We are working to secure their freedom. The families have asked that we protect their identities and don't speak publicly to their cases," Blinken responded when asked by Wilson how many Americans remain in the war-torn country. Blinken's comments come as Republicans continue to push for accountability from the Biden administration over its rocky withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, which resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members who were killed in a suicide bombing while protecting the evacuation at the Kabul airport. Republicans in the House of Representatives have begun an investigation into Biden's handling of the withdrawal. Lawmakers seek to examine what they called a "stunning failure" of leadership in their first hearing on the topic earlier this month. The Taliban quickly took over Afghanistan's capital of Kabul in August 2021 as U.S. troops prepared to withdraw on Biden's orders, timed for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In addition to the thirteen U.S. service members who were killed, 170 others also lost their lives during the withdrawal and thousands of U.S. citizens and allies were left behind in the country overrun by the terrorist group. Earlier this week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, sent a letter — one of many in recent months — to Blinken demanding that he provide the committee with "documents and information concerning the Biden Administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan." Specifically, McCaul is demanding information from Blinken regarding a "Dissent Channel cable reportedly sent on July 13, 2021, by 23 State Department officials and the Department’s response to it," as well as an after-action report and two versions of U.S. Embassy Kabul’s Emergency Action Plan (EAP) prior to the embassy's closure. In the letter, McCaul warned Blinken that his "failure to produce" those documents would "result in the Committee issuing a subpoena to compel their production." https://www.dailywire.com/news/your-platform-should-be-banned-congresswoman-rips-into-tiktok-ceo-for-targeting-kids ‘Your Platform Should Be Banned’: Congresswoman Rips Into TikTok CEO For Targeting Kids Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) tore into TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a Thursday morning hearing, accusing him and his company of targeting American children and feeding data to the Chinese Communist Party. Rodgers, who chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, held nothing back in a blistering opening statement, saying that the platform specifically and intentionally targets children outside of communist China while protecting their own children from the platform’s harmful content. Chair Rodgers to TikTok CEO: “Your Platform Should be Banned” Play 3:00-6:01 Now we go to Michigan… https://www.foxnews.com/media/michigan-university-hosting-separate-graduation-celebrations-based-on-race-sexuality Michigan university hosting separate graduation celebrations based on race, sexuality A Michigan college is coming under fire for hosting five graduation celebrations separated by race, sexuality and gender identity, in addition to the university's larger commencement ceremony. Grand Valley State University's Multicultural Affairs Office lists graduation ceremonies or celebrations for Black students, Asian students, "Latinx" students, Native American students, and "LGBTQIA+" students next month. The university will also have a general commencement ceremony for all students. The college describes the graduation celebration for "Latino/a/x students" as "an opportunity to come together and acknowledge Latin accomplishments in the spirit and traditions of culture." Similarly, the Black Graduation Celebration encourages students to celebrate all "that is representative of Black/African American and African tradition, heritage, culture, and legacy." The ceremony appears to go back to at least 2016. An annual "Native American Graduation Feast" has also been held by the school's Native American Advisory Council (NAAC) for the past several years. A celebration just for Asian graduates will also take place. The only celebration hosted by the center not focused on race appears to be the "Lavender Graduation." The rainbow-decorated GVSU webpage will celebrate "the personal and academic achievements of LGBTQIA+ and allied students." Students are also eligible for an "Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Graduate Award," which is given "to an exceptional student graduating in the Fall or Winter semester of 2023…who self-identifies as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community," the GVSU site says. Several other liberal universities have followed similar practices for graduations in recent years. New York's Columbia University host graduation celebrations for affinity groups on campus, including "Lavender (LGBTQIA+), Asian, First-Generation and/or Low-Income, Black, Latinx, and Native communities," its website says. Harvard University also hosts graduation celebrations for Black students, Asian students, Latino students and LGBTQ students. Grand Valley State University told Fox News Digital that there are unified graduation ceremonies for all students: "Grand Valley State University holds unified Commencement ceremonies for all of its graduates. GVSU is not 'segregating graduation ceremonies by race,' as some people and outlets have said. "Grand Valley also welcomes student organizations and faculty leaders to hold smaller scale celebrations designed to honor graduates. These more intimate celebrations are a complement to GVSU’s Commencement and are open to all students and their supporters." "The vast majority of graduating students who participate in these celebrations also choose to participate in our larger Commencement ceremony where degrees are conferred," a representative said. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/03/22/dead-dolphins-nj-n2620984 NJ Lawmakers Demand Pause on Offshore Wind Projects After Latest Mass-Death Incident at Beach Eight dolphins have died in New Jersey after washing ashore a Sea Isle City beach on Tuesday. According to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, two dolphins died shortly after they were spotted on the beach while the six others were euthanized after a veterinarian determined their conditions were deteriorating so rapidly that returning them to the water would have prolonged their suffering in what would have resulted in an “inevitable death.” The mass stranding on Tuesday follows a dead dolphin washing up at a New Jersey marina last week, the sixth one to be found along the state’s shoreline in under a month. In addition to dolphin deaths, nearly a dozen dead whales have washed up along the New Jersey-New York coast since December. The spate of deaths has prompted lawmakers to call for a suspension of offshore wind projects until it can be determined why the animals are dying. The eight dolphins that died on Tuesday will be sent to a state lab to determine the cause of death. Let’s take a look at the job market: Jobless Claims Fall to 191,000 New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to 191,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had forecast a rise in claims to 197,000. The prior week was unrevised at 192,000. The Federal Reserve has been attempting to soften demand for labor in order to sap inflationary pressures from the economy. Despite many headlines about layoffs at companies like Amazon and Facebook, unemployment remains extraordinarily low. The 4-week moving average of initial claims fell by 250 to 196,250. Continuing claims, which are reported with a one week delay, rise by 14,000 to 1,694,000. https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-blackhawks-opt-out-pride23 Chicago Blackhawks opt out of 'Pride Night' jerseys, citing safety concerns for Russian players The Chicago Blackhawks are yet another NHL team to decline wearing "pride"-themed jerseys for the 2023 season, citing safety concerns for their Russian players, according to the New York Post. The Blackhawks are the fourth team to decline wearing such jerseys, behind the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, and Minnesota Wild. multiple sports outlets are citing anonymous sources that state the team is doing so to protect Russian players. The Athletic says that the move was made by “team management and security officials” and not the players. Russia has laws against the spread of certain views, which make it illegal to "spread ‘propaganda’ about ‘nontraditional sexual relations’ in all media, including social, advertising and movies," according to the New York Times. The Blackhawks have several players on their roster who could potentially run into problems, including Moscow-born defenseman Nikita Zaitsev. Goalie Anton Khudobin is a Kazakhstani-born Russian, and forward Philipp Kurashev was born in Davos, Switzerland, but holds Russian citizenship and is the son of a former professional hockey player. As well, Canadian-born Boris Katchouk holds Canadian and Russian citizenship, and his mother was an Olympian for the Soviet Union. However, other Russian NHL players have worn similar jerseys in the same season, including San Jose Sharks players Alexander Barabanov and Nikolai Knyzhov and Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin. Just two months prior to the Blackhawks' decision, Ivan Provorov, Russian-born player for the Philadelphia Flyers, cited his Russian Orthodox beliefs as the reason why he didn't want to wear a "pride" warm-up jersey, with San Jose Sharks goalie James Reimer following suit in March 2023 because of his Christian faith.

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Last week, the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to re-hear a case that found the state's redistricting maps unconstitutional under the state's constitution. The outcome of this decision could affect another case already before the U.S. Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper—a challenge to a decision striking down North Carolina's redistricting that involves the “independent state legislature” doctrine. Why did the North Carolina Supreme Court strike down the maps in the first place, and why is it revisiting that decision now? Will the U.S. Supreme Court still decide the Moore case and rule on the independent state legislature theory? And what standards should be used to decide whether redistricting maps are politically gerrymandered? To discuss these questions and address the latest developments in these crucial gerrymandering cases, Misha Tseytlin of the law firm Troutman Pepper and Guy-Uriel Charles of Harvard Law School join host Jeffrey Rosen.  Resources   Moore v. Harper, (oral argument: video via C-SPAN; transcript) Amicus Brief by Misha Tsyetlin filed on behalf group of New York Voters, Moore v. Harper  Amicus Brief by Misha Tsyetlin filed on behalf of members of Congress from the North Carolina delegation, Rucho v. Common Cause  Amicus Brief by Guy-Uriel Charles and Deepak Gupta on behalf of Mathematicians, Students and Professors, Rucho v. Common Cause Gill v. Whitford (2018) Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)  Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.    Continue today's conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.    Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.    You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library. 

Princeton has 11 eating clubs, which are basically huge houses lined up on one street, unironically called "the Street," that provide dining and social spaces for upperclassmen. 6 of them require you to "bicker" to become members (think rushing for greek life but slightly more regulated). Co-ops, which are also mentioned in this episode, are another dining plan option where students alternate cooking for each other in a designated space. Susan and Nathan discuss their thoughts on eating clubs, bicker, and a new dining pilot that aims to increase upperclassmen dining options.

The Left still refuses to allow the true stories of American tragedy to be told; they are immersed in a desire to let only Party approved tellings of who we become be seen by Americans. That is because they are terrified people will realize how God designed us. The Mockingbird Media and the White House magically turned George Floyd into a self-sacrificing servant and civil rights hero. On a college campus, mental victims of CRT blocked people from seeing a film that describes George Floyd in full, his American story, his “truth” if you will. The true George Floyd cannot be seen because seeing the true George Floyd shows the true American Left. They cannot allow light to fall on them, for God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all. Jazz Jennings, once a little boy sentenced by his parents to live in a broken shell of a sexless body, is expressing the desperately sad feelings common to a person suffering from a deep-rooted identity crisis “I just want to feel like me.” Who can blame him? Again, the Mockingbird Media hides the brutality of what his parents allowed the Party to do to him and the White House wants to do surgically other kids what they did both figuratively and literally to George Floyd: kill who he was to create a pretense of who they need him to be for their ends. The Party cannot allow light to fall upon the story of Jazz Jennings, because they know the Light will overcome darkness. Let us cast light on all of this. What does God say? 1 Peter 2 – The Glory And The Duty Of God's People“Sordid” and “Ugly” Scene Disrupts Showing Of Film About George Floyd at Central Connecticut State U. Students and at least one faculty member “stormed onto the stage, screaming that the film was ‘racist' and holding signs proclaiming it ‘hate speech'.”One of the victims of CRT filmed her protest, in which she and her comrades blocked people from seeing the film.The Greatest Lie Ever Told: George Floyd & the Rise of BLMReport: Kamala Harris Will Campaign in Urban Centers, Target Black Voters for Biden's 2024 Campaign; “But I don't know that the people who have to make that happen feel that way right now. I don't know that she has what it takes to get over the hump in our present environment.”Jazz Jennings' mother speaks about forcing Jazz to dilate and further mutilate HIS fake-vagina [read: gash cut between his legs] to keep the wound from closing. It's the brazen openness to admit to child abuse on national television for us. This monster belongs behind bars.So-called “trans” Reality Star Jazz Jennings who was pushed to pretend to change gender by HIS parents at age 6 reveals the sad reality of what is misnamed “medically transitioning”: “I just want to feel like myself…all I want is to be happy and feel like me and I don't feel like me ever”.Just a reminder that Marci Bowers is the president of WPATH and Jazz Jennings personal doctor. Jazz Jennings went on puberty blockers at 11. Jazz has never experienced an orgasm, and never will. OAN

Let's be honest, empowered educators, aim for a bright future for each of our students. We want them to succeed, not just inside the classroom, but also in the real world.And when you think about it, we guide them to bridge the gap between how our students see themselves and how they act and behave.As their teachers and role models, we must understand the power we hold when we show up for our students. We are their mentors and setting a good example is important for them to hone their future.Welcome to episode 29 of Take Notes with Jen Rafferty podcast! Today, I'm speaking with AJ Crabill. He is an advocate and public speaker on education reform.AJ believes that student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change. And he shares the importance of transformation of adult mindset to encourage our students.You get to be the change you want to see in your students.Stay empowered,Jen  Let's keep the conversation going! Find me at: Jen Rafferty | Instagram, YouTube, Facebook | LinktreeInstagram: @jenrafferty_Facebook: Empowered Educator FacultyRoomAbout AJ:AJ Crabill serves as Conservator at DeSoto ISD -- where during his guidance, DeSoto improved from F ratings in academics, finance, and governance to B ratings -- and as Governance Director at CGCS. He served as Deputy Commissioner at Texas' Education Agency and Board Chair of Kansas City Public Schools.Connect with AJ:Website: www.ajcrabill.comhttps://www.greatontheirbehalf.com/ IG: @ajcrabill7https://www.greatontheirbehalf.com/

If you want to learn how to get your preschool business up and running quickly with the HUB, listen to today's Preschool All Stars story: Karla Nowak always wanted to share her love of dance as a teacher, but not having a teaching degree held her back. After being let go from her preschool job, she read Joy's book and decided to start her own performing arts preschool. Thanks to Joy's done-for-you resources, support from Preschool All Stars, and the HUB, Karla was able to start and automate her preschool in no time! Listen in to discover how you can start and automate your preschool quickly with the HUB too!Please rate and review us at Apple Podcasts. (We hope we've earned your 5 stars!)GET MY FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUR PRESCHOOL JOURNEY:❤️ Get my FREE “Start Your Preschool” book (+ $7.95 s&h)❤️ Start my FREE “7 Students in 7 Days” Challenge”❤️ Join my Preschool All Stars membership to get mentorship, support, friendship, and training for every step of your preschool journeyFOLLOW ME ON MY MISSION:

Students and First Amendment lawyers say President Walter Wendler's portrayal of drag shows is off-base and the cancellation violates free-speech rights.

Dr. Rosemarie Allen has served as an educational leader for over 30 years and her life's work is centered on ensuring all children have access to high-quality early childhood programs that are developmentally and culturally appropriate. She's an associate professor in the school of education at Metropolitan State University in Denver, and other career highlights include serving as Colorado's director of the division of early learning, and she oversaw the state's licensing program. She also helped implement the state's professional development plan and helped create its early learning guidelines. In this podcast, she talks about how she got into early childhood education, why educators can't keep doing the same things just because that's the way they've always been done (think having children stand in lines!) and she shares her insights about what her ECE students want in a career (and no, it's not a typical 9-5 job with no flexibility).To learn more about Dr. Allen and to reach her, visit her website!

Benjamin and Azrya Bequer shed light on how emotional intelligence, mirroring, and spiritual integration can help you elevate your relationships and co-create a healthier, more beautiful world. They offer sage advice on communicating to your partner during difficult times and their favorite tool for finding growth in the paradoxes of life. If you're ready to surrender to growth and self-love, this episode will help you do that. Benjamin “Bee” Bequer and Azrya Bequer are the co-founding stewards of BEQOMING, a platform dedicated to providing the future stewards of society with the emotional intelligence tools to elevate humanity and co-create a more beautiful world. Bee and Azrya are also the co-authors of “BEQOMING: Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted”.   Follow Bee and Azrya Bequer @beqoming Follow Chase on Instagram @chase_chewning Follow him on Twitter @chasechewning   Key Highlights Our education system, and our society as a whole, lacks an emphasis on emotional intelligence. This boils down to an inability to be in relationship with ourselves.  Bee and Azrya shed light on their use of plant medicine early into their relationship during a time of doubt, fear, and insecurity. They describe the powerful concept of mirroring in relationships - how mirroring shows us our true selves and what we need to work on within ourselves. If we are in an awakening, what are we awakening to? Are we headed in the right direction? Tune in to hear their thoughts! What does it take to truly “surrender”? Can plant medicine help me surrender? “I don't know if you can truly surrender if you don't have an established relationship with something greater than yourself,” Azrya says. “What's important is that you can feel the relationship with it. It's not just a concept… it's actually a felt experience.” Every version of ourselves, those that we love and those that we've hated, is still inside of us today. Loving all those versions and embracing the contrast within yourself and your partner is a practice of self-love and integration. How can I communicate to my partner that their pain/struggle is not serving me or our relationship? Listen in to hear Bee and Azrya's candid advice! Episode resources: Get a FREE variety pack of Recharge electrolyte drink mix at https://www.DrinkLMNT.com/everforward  Save 20% on Sexual Performance Booster with code EVERFORWARD at https://www.UseJoymode.com/everforward  Watch and subscribe on YouTube https://youtu.be/Bl9dCR7G5qU  Get their book BEQOMING or the audiobook with your free Audible trial at http://audibletrial.com/everforward  Join their 3-day challenge https://www.beqoming.me/3-day-challenge

Most universities today are swiftly accommodating themselves to an increasingly radicalized postmodern worldview. American colleges and universities— a disturbing number of which claim to be Christian —have abdicated their responsibility to train students in virtue and to measure what they teach against cultural standards of goodness, truth, and beauty. But it's not all doom and gloom—there is hope. Christian college-bound students need to keep their eyes fixed on their true and secure citizenship in the Kingdom of God and forearm themselves against the philosophical presuppositions and political agendas that undergird much of higher education today. The Christian students who keep their eyes fixed on the true wisdom that is from above can survive and do thrive in the university. This episode is a discussion of some of the dos and don'ts to forearm the college-bound student.This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with Journal author Louis Markos about his Viewpoint article, “Seven or So Exhortations to College-Bound Students” in the 45:2-3 (Fall 2022) edition of the Christian Research Journal. Normally their is an extended window on articles in print being available on our Website; however as student prepare for college acceptance letters to be arriving soon for Fall 2023, we made an exception in an effort to equip student and parents as they prepare for this next stage in their lives.When you to subscribe to the Journal, you join the team of print subscribers whose paid subscriptions help provide the resources at equip.org that minister to people worldwide. These resources include our ever growing database of over 1,500 articles, as well as our free Postmodern Realities podcast.Another way you can support our online articles is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3, $5, or $10 which is the cost for some of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here. Other articles and podcasts featuring this author:Hank Unplugged:How to Explain Hell with Louis MarkosHow Dante's Inferno Can Help Explain Hell to Modern Seekers (article)Atheism on Trial with Dr. Louis MarkosPostmodern Realities podcastsEpisode 319 The Martyrdom of PolycarpThe Martyrdom of PolycarpEpisode 290 Just So ScienceEpisode 221: Tennyson on Theodicy: How a Victorian Poet Can Help Modern Christians Deal with the Problem of PainTennyson on Theodicy: How a Victorian Poet Can Help Modern Christians Deal with the Problem of PainEpisode 171 Why Christians Should Read the Pagan ClassicsWhy Christians Should Read the Pagan ClassicsC. S. Lewis on HellThe Legacy of G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy Sayers

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Hogg. Greg was a statistics major from the university of waterloo turned YouTuber with a love for teaching and machine learning and deep learning models. In this episode we learn about Greg's experience with Waterloo's unique co-op structure and how he found himself at the intersection of education, content, and data science. Greg's Links:LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/greghoggYouTube -  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJublDh2UsiIKsAE1553miwWebsite - https://www.greghogg.com/

Every day we use and interact with devices that use artificial intelligence (AI). Help your students understand and get excited about the power of AI technology with the Microsoft Imagine Cup Junior competition. The Microsoft Imagine Cup Junior (ICJ) is a global student competition for students ages 13-18. Through ICJ, educators utilize lessons to teach their students about AI technologies, students form teams, and apply these lessons to dream up a concept or idea to make a difference in their local community or world around them. In this week's episode, we had the opportunity to chat about ICJ with Microsoft's Jeff Johnson. Jeff Johnson is Senior Business Manager for the Skills & Employability team in the Worldwide Public Sector Education group at Microsoft. In his role, Jeff leads the company skills strategy with K-12 and higher education institutions, government workforce agencies, educators, and partners around the world surrounding adoption and engagement with technical skills solutions for students including learning pathways and Microsoft's industry recognized certification portfolio. Jeff is instrumental in helping Microsoft form broad education alliances with schools, higher education institutions, and governments globally to assist learners in gaining future-ready skills and technical credentials for the digital economy. We talked with Jeff about the importance of AI skills, and how educators can introduce students to the world of AI through the Microsoft Imagine Cup Junior competition. Jeff gave us all the details about ICJ, how students can compete, how educators can support them, and how to keep the AI momentum going after the competition has finished.  Jeff mentioned several resources during this episode. Get everything you need to dive into ICJ here:  Imagine Cup Junior blog post: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Blog/2023/March/What-is-Microsoft-Imagine-Cup-Junior  Imagine Cup Junior website: www.imaginecup.com/junior.  Microsoft's AI for Good Initiative: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/ai-for-good  Microsoft Certified Fundamentals certification information: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Certifications/Microsoft/MCF/Overview.  Free learning materials for Microsoft Certified Fundamentals certification: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/.  For teachers working with students over 18, check out the Imagine Cup: www.imaginecup.com.

On today's podcast episode, we have Holly Hatton. Holly is TCA's Middle School library media specialist, but she is much more! Today she talks with us about the fantastic new library space in the MS 7/8 building and how she uses that space to give students a much-needed break in their day. The new middle school library is for grades 5-8, and it is 3,800 square feet, including a teaching space, library shelves (of course), two collaboration rooms, and a soft seating area that can fit a whole class. It is also the tornado shelter for the Middle School. While grades 5-6 have a designated library/tech class where they rotate through the library, grades 7-8 have Holly come to their classrooms to promote books and help them with research. However, with the appeal of the new library space, seventh and eighth graders visit the library during their school day. The Middle School Library has a wide array of resources you would expect, including direct access to an online catalog to the library on their iPads which includes online and print books. The library also has costumes, props, and even a bubble machine that can be used for lip sync, projects, etc. The new library doors are right by the outdoor recess fields. Holly wanted to provide an additional location at recess time for students to recharge and reset in the middle of the day. Students can play board games, play cards, do crafts, or sit and read a book on the couches. Holly notes that some of our middle schoolers are carrying stress and anxiety, and many are just dealing with typical middle school drama of friends or fear of missing out.  She wants to give them a break and peace in their lives. The regulars coming during lunchtime enjoy this time and are empowered and energized from the time in the library. Part of Holly's job is to collaborate with teachers, help them execute ideas for their classroom, and help them come to life. One example of this is how she helped eighth-grade Bible teacher Chris Thelen put together a father/son dodgeball tournament and a panel of dads with older sons to advise on how to disciple their sons.  This is part of TCA's mission to develop the whole child and to partner with parents. Holly loves to work with middle schoolers as they move from children to young adults and all that goes along! Middle School parents can find all library resources on the MS Library Resource Board.

Folks, it appears Donald Trump is not going to jail just yet. Plans are still in place to potentially have him turn himself in next week, but in the meantime, one has to wonder whether this is helping him. The charges are so bogus that even Stormy Daniels' former lawyer, Michael Avenatti, doesn't think they're justified. “The Donald” hasn't been arrested, but that hasn't stopped people from making AI-generated images of him being taken in. They are unsettlingly good and surely an indicator that we're living in dangerous times. Van Jones is a communist, and the world should know that, but he did make a good point about the New York AG, Alvin Bragg, saying he might not actually bring charges against Donald Trump. Of course, anything that doesn't end with Trump's arrest isn't good enough for the ree-rees, so they dragged Jones for his comment. Joe Biden continues to fail at speaking English, this time stumbling over the name of a new monument and twice failing to quote a poem. San Francisco is considering giving $5 million in reparations to black residents. Due to this announcement, Chad has decided to move west and get a helluva tan so that he might partake in these delicious, free fruits. Tekashi 69, a famous rapper, proved the mantra “snitches get stitches” as accurate this week when he was brutally beaten in the bathroom of a Florida gym. Multiple NHL teams have opted out of wearing “Pride Night” jerseys, and hopefully more sports teams will follow suit. Tell these folks no, or you'll have to enjoy being forced to cater to their every whim. Today's Sponsors: Birch Gold Group Birch Gold has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and thousands of satisfied customers. Text CHAD to 989898 for your free info kit on gold, and to claim eligibility for your free home safe by March 31st on qualifying purchases KEEPS Hair loss can be tough. You see it in your pictures, your barber points it out, and you find yourself constantly wearing baseball caps. So, what are you going to do about it? If your plan is a buzz cut – don't shave it - save it with KEEPS. If you're ready to take action, join thousands of guys who have saved their hair with Keeps. To get a special offer go to https://www.KEEPS.com slash LOSS.  ID.me Student Campaign The Left wins cultural battles, but BlazeTV is out to win the Culture War. That effort depends on you. So sign up today, and get all the entertainment and enlightenment you've been missing! Join BlazeTV today and get $30 off an Annual Pass with our Student, Military, or First Responder Discount! Just go to Subscribe.BlazeTV.com, click the verification button, and enter your ID to get started. That's $30 off an Annual Pass for Students, Military and First Responders at Subscribe.BlazeTV.com. Subscribe.BlazeTV.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Students have to be there by law, but you don't have a right to their engagement. No lie, this is one of my BEST episodes! Enjoy! Partner with Ken to bring Ruthless Equity to your school/district!  Check out The Virtual PD Experience with Ken Williams Check out The In-Person PD Experience with Ken Williams Click here to grab my new book, Ruthless Equity: Disrupt The Status-Quo And Ensure Learning For ALL Students. It is a game-changer, baby! For A Signed Copy of Ruthless Equity: go to https://www.unfoldthesoul.com/store and order the book there. Get 20% off orders of 20 or more copies of Ruthless Equity: Go to https://www.unfoldthesoul.com/bulk20 Click here to access everything I do and every FREE resource I have! Remember to save me as a contact! Follow me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unfoldthesoul Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenspeaks/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unfoldthesoul/ To schedule a talk with Ken about speaking, coaching, or consulting: https://www.unfoldthesoul.com/contact Visit The Unfold The Soul Shop: https://www.unfoldthesoul.com/store --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ken-williams88/message

Dr. B is back, and today he welcomes Aaron Mendoza, a Call of Duty Gamer and doc's brother in the WWE fandom. Aaron is a Senior Relationship Manager at Bank of America and a volunteer for Kingsway Church. He will be sharing his experiences and learnings from his current role and his volunteer work, particularly on how it helps the community of small business owners, and how these help develop leadership skills. Find out more in this latest episode of The Dr. B Show. HIGHLIGHTSDR. B: VOLUNTEERING HELPS IN DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS“Volunteering does help with networking but most importantly helps the cause but at the same time helps build your leadership quality and build the skills that normally you wouldn't build outside during your day to day.”AARON: FINANCIAL LITERACY TO EDUCATE BUSINESS OWNERS“I think financial literacy, that word gets thrown out maybe too loosely now, and I think specifically, what that means is it's educating business owners so that they can make sound financial decisions to increase their likelihood of getting borrowing or capital for their business.” You can learn more about Aaron in the link/s below.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-mendoza-07514278/Bank of America: https://www.bankofamerica.com/ If you're listening to the Dr. B Show Podcast, please subscribe, share, and we're listening for your feedback. You can also learn more about Dr. Jairo Borja at http://borjaconsultinggroup.com/.

This episode is a little different from the way I usually cover New England crime stories. I give you an update on three New England cases: two cold case murder victims were identified, and one cold case murder - the oldest unsolved murder in Vermont's history - was solved. Patricia Tucker, known since 1978 as "The Granby Girl" was found in that Massachusetts town, shot in the head. Her identity went unknown until now. Katherine Alston, The Girl on Kilton Road, found dead, weeks to months after her death, in October 1971 in a wooded area on Kilton Rd in Bedford, NH, off Route 101 has been identified at last. And Rita Curran, a 24-year-old teacher was brutally assaulted, strangled, and murdered in her shared first-floor apartment near the campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington. For five decades her killer was unknown, and, for a period of time had implicated a notorious serial killer. Hers was the oldest unsolved homicide in the state's history. Well, finally, we know who killed Rita Patricia Curran on July 20, 1971. Crime of the Truest Kindhttps://crimeofthetruestkind.comFollow @crimeofthetruestkind where I post show updates and case photos. Patricia Tucker aka "The Granby Girl" was murdered and her killer remains unknown. She was found in Granby but was living in East Hampton, Connecticut with her husband Gerald Coleman at the time of her death. She was also known as Patricia Dale and Patricia Heckman at certain points in her life and had two young sons. If you have information on Patricia Tucker's case, please contact Granby, Massachusetts Police at 413-467-9222,  Email: JWhite@GranbyPD.org, or submit a message online at GranbyPD.org.Katherine Alston's murder is unsolved. She was found in Bedford, NH in October of 1971. She was living in Boston at the time of her death. Investigators are seeking information from anyone who knew Katherine or her roommate, David Cormier, and includes people who lived in Dorchester, Boston, and Somerville between 1963 and the fall of 1971. Students who attended Boston University from 1963 To 1967 might recall Katherine from her days on campus there. Anyone with information is asked to contact The New Hampshire Cold Case Unit At 603-271-2663, Email: Coldcaseunit@Dos.NH.Gov, or use the online tip form at https://Business.Nh.Gov/Coldcasetips/Tip.Aspx.Rita Curran's sexual assault and murder have finally been solved after 50 long years, thanks to dedicated police work and forensic science. Cheers to that cop on the scene in 1971 who collected that very specific evidence, some surely discarded as trash, not knowing what a goldmine it would be later on in the case. Despite the media's best efforts, Ted Bundy did not kill Rita Curran. Listen everywhere you get podcasts. Please drop a rating - five stars are my favorite - and write a review. I like to hear your thoughts on New England cases.Support the showCrimeoftheTruestKind.com for show notes and sources

Stories in this episode: Day in History: 1948: Bemidji wins state high school basketball championship In memory of her brother, Rochester teacher fights for all her students Rochester's first female surgeon reflects on her career Rochester prepares to investigate discrimination and retaliation claims tied to council member's censure Spring Grove basketball team looks to complete unfinished business at state tournament

Wade Moore runs Urban Preparatory Academy in Wichita, Kansas, a private K-8 school where most of the students attend tuition-free through the state's low-income tax-credit scholarship program. Pastor Moore has been a longtime advocate for expanding education choice programs to enable more children to have access to the best educational fit for them. "It's life and death to students," he says. Urban Prep was a 2022 finalist for the prestigious Yass Prize, winning a $500,000 grant to expand Urban Prep to a second location in the Wichita area and serve more students.  Sign up for my free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

Former Indiana Congressman Luke Messer joins Students Over Systems to explore federal opportunities to support education freedom. As a state legislator and school choice leader, Congressman Messer significantly expanded Indiana’s school choice options. He co-founded the Congressional School Choice Caucus while serving in Congress and proposed legislation that would devolve power and funding to parents. […]

Welcome back to The Nerd Expansion! Today's guest is the one and only  Steven Silverstein and his nerd love is Bewitched. It's awesome.Steven Silverstein has music directed and accompanied the famous and near famous on Broadway (Blood Brothers, Swinging on a Star, & the revival of Promises Promises); Off-Broadway, (When Pigs Fly, The Green Heart, & Annie Warbucks); Regional Theatre (Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, & Westport County Playhouse); and Specialty (54 Below & Noel Coward: The Women of His World at Lincoln Center with Dava Ivey, Dee Hoty & Cady Huffman). He has coached and played piano for Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, Harry Connick Jr., Carole King John Treacy Egan, Neva Small, Tony Award Winner Bill Irwin, and the Tony award winner Annaleigh Ashford.  In addition to his vast experience as a musical director and coach, he has a MAC nomination (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) and has tickled the ivories for cabaret performances at 54 Below, The Duplex, and Don't Tell Mama in NYC. Steven is also a prolific published composer and arranger, having published two children's shows (Enchorage Press) . His work was  performed at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in the Bruno Walter Auditorium.    Steven's song Shoot Me (with Andrew Zachary Cohen)  received an  honorable mention from the City Center's Lobby Project 2022 highlights as composer: His musical Forever and A Day (with bookwriter lyricist Marcus Scott) was part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival in  June,  His musical Nothin But Love (with Andrew Zachary Cohen) had an informal reading in July,   Six of his songs (with Michael Colby) in OTHER LIVES were presented as part of Winter Rhythms at Urban Stages in December. He shares his love and passion for music and musical theatre with students of all ages at American Music and Dramatic Academy.  He also has been on the faculty of  The Neighborhood Playhouse Junior School, Marymount Manhattan College, PACE University, SUNY  Purchase and NYU. Steven's students have appeared on Broadway in Annie, Newsies, The Producers, 30 Rock among others.  Steven holds a B.A. in Theatre/B.S. in Finance from the University of Bridgeport and an M.A. in Music Education. Upcoming: 2023 Students at Western Connecticut State University will be doing a staged reading of his musical HOW RUDE (written with Phillip George of Forbidden Broadway). Find Steven:YoutubeTwitterFacebookWebsiteTikTokInstragramCheck out Steven's podcast: "Stay Awake with Silverstein" and Making the News SingHosted By: Nick Bowan & Sasha WeissTheme song written by Korrie YamaokaPerformed by Sasha Weiss & Korrie Yamaoka

Is the gap year for your teen? While only about 1% of American high school students currently take a gap year, the wildly popular custom in Europe is on the rise in the United States. Gap years can help your teen learn about the world, and different types of people, gain confidence and mature a little bit before they step onto a college campus. EPISODE NOTESMarch is the perfect time to talk about the gap year option, even if your teen is younger and isn't gearing up for their freshman year of college quite yet. There are many reasons a graduating high school senior might opt for a gap year – a break from formal education and disappointment in their college acceptances are just two of the possible reasons. A gap year is when a high school senior who intends to enroll in college decides to take a year off. About 20% of European students do this, compared to about 1.2% of American students. Students in the U.S. should consider this as an option because it can have great outcomes. While you might be concerned that a gap year would lead to your teen not making it to college, research shows about 90% of students who do take a gap year end up heading to college. The other 10% may discover that college isn't the best path for them. One university, Middlebury College, is a big supporter of the gap year, and they suggest your teen apply to colleges in their senior year of high school, and if they decide to take a gap year, they can defer for a year. Some 89% of colleges and universities in the U.S. have a deferment policy. Double-check that the colleges they're applying to will allow this - there are some exceptions for those on waitlists. The key to a successful gap year is to ensure the pause in your teen's education is intentional. The Gap Year Association conducted a survey of students who took a gap year, and their most valuable experiences included learning how to interact with people from different backgrounds, people from other countries, and people different from themselves. Your teen can gain confidence and maturity from this character-building experience. Links mentioned in this episodeLaunch College & Career Clarity CourseLaunch College and Career Clarity Facebook CommunityEpisode #013 The Many Advantages of a Gap YearTimeline[00:00] Introduction[02:02] What is a Gap Year?[03:01] Gap Year Concerns[04:48] When do you figure out that you want to do a gap year?[08:44] What are the benefits of a gap year?[10:43] How to design an intentional gap year[14:01] How a gap year can be life-changing[17:38] Four outcomes to think about [20:23] Conclusion

If you want to learn how to turn your preschool content into digital games for online preschool, listen to today's Preschool All Stars story: Jamelle Jones started her online preschool and discovered a really cool way to transform preschool educational material into fun and interactive digital games. Listen in to discover how you can create interactive digital games with your preschool content too!Grab Jamelle's templates today:CanvaJamboardPlease rate and review us at Apple Podcasts. (We hope we've earned your 5 stars!)GET MY FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUR PRESCHOOL JOURNEY:❤️ Get my FREE “Start Your Preschool” book (+ $7.95 s&h)❤️ Start my FREE “7 Students in 7 Days” Challenge”❤️ Join my Preschool All Stars membership to get mentorship, support, friendship, and training for every step of your preschool journeyFOLLOW ME ON MY MISSION:

We bring you a fantastic student panel hosted by counselor and Academic Senate co-Vice President Sarah Mestas at Mt. SAC's 2023 Spring Flex Day Opening Session. Students are the experts on their own learning. Thanks for joining us to learn from these student panelists as they share their educational journeys, experiences, and wisdom. Enjoy! Resources:  Health Center https://www.mtsac.edu/healthcenter/ Library https://www.mtsac.edu/library/ Mindfulness and Meditation https://www.mtsac.edu/healthcenter/mindfulness/ Mountie Fresh Food Pantry https://www.mtsac.edu/basic-needs/mountiefreshfoodpantry.html Tutoring Centers https://www.mtsac.edu/tutoringcenters/ Student Laptop and Hotspot Loans https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/05c5576dc6864592bde8f1abe10593ef Student Life https://www.mtsac.edu/studentlife/ Student Services https://www.mtsac.edu/studentservices/   Run time: 21:39 min To find the full transcript for this episode, click HERE  

It's that time of year!  Students are getting ready to graduate and starting to review employment contracts.  However, what should be an exciting occasion may be filled with concern and anxiety.  Don't let the stress of a contract get to you - Join us and listen in as Heartland Dr Recruiting Manager Tracie Lawson gives some helpful questions to ask and interesting things to think about when reviewing your contract.

The statistics are shocking, but the reality is that the pandemic had a massive, negative impact on learning across Texas. In this episode, HBJ Managing Editor Jonathan Adams takes an in-depth look at the issue with Jacque Daughtry, CEO of Literacy Now.

It's safe to say, the ONE thing you can OBSESS over when it comes to building your teaching business...your offer!  We can (and should) spend as much time as our hearts desire to make this a PERFECT scenario for your students and yourself!  After all, how much time have you spent dreaming up what you can teach, how you will teach, what your children will learn, how they will learn, what experiences you will provide, and the wonderful moments of joy filled activities?   Today we are going to take all that dreaming and put it down on paper! It's time to create your 5 Pillars of learning and craft an irresistible offer for parents and students! Let Your Light Shine, No matter if you are here to Start, Enroll Students and Grow Your Microschool, Learning Pod, Tutoring or Teaching Business, you will want to listen to this podcast and head on over to our website to snag your Business Bundle for the LAST TIME IT WILL BE DISCOUNTED!  www.teachersletyourlightshine.com/shop And if you are ready to grow or scale your existing business, snag a coaching session to work on your business blueprint and marketing plan!  www.teachersletyourlightshine.com/coaching Let Your Light Shine, LAST CHANCE TO RECEIVE YOUR BUSINESS BUNDLE at $100 OFF!  LAST DISCOUNT EVER! TAKE ACTION NOW! https://teachersletyourlightshine.com/shop/p/business-bundle Join Our Facebook Group for “Tip Tuesdays”, a support community and the “best place on the internet corner” https://www.facebook.com/groups/teacherletyourlightshine Book a Clarity Coaching Session: www.teachersletyourlightshine.com/coaching Get started on your dream school right now! Get all the documents you need to jumpstart, market and enroll students! www.teachersletyourlightshine.com/shop  We have step-by-step instructions to help you write powerful marketing brochures, enrollment forms, introductory packets, and so much more! You'll also find easy-to-use templates made to simplify your creation process, as well as beautiful real-life examples used by my micro-school, Lighthouse Learning, to give you creative inspiration when designing your very own forms.  You will be able to seal the deal with peace and clarity when you hand deliver your new handbook and contract.  Tune in to today's episode to find out more and head over to our shop to purchase your documents at teachersletyourlightshine.com/shop Coaching: https://teachersletyourlightshine.com/coaching Do you need help with a plan of action, accountability,  or clarity in your teacher career change? Interested in starting a micro-school, tutoring or homeschooling business?  Don't know where to start? Wanting to make a change but have no idea where to begin or what the change would even look like?  It's time to get "unstuck", have a plan and gain your much needed clarity  so you can experience teacher career growth, build a business blueprint, market with clear messaging, and plan a successful business launch-whether it's a micro-school, tutoring business or homeschooling business.  Click below to learn more… Connect with me on Instagram: @Teacherletyourlightshine Follow us on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/teacherletyourlightshine Join our email list to be the FIRST to know about our FREE Resources and podcast alerts! Teachersletyourlightshine.com Want to chat? Have some questions? I'd love to hear from you! Send an Email: teacherletyourlightshine@gmail.com Or send me a message on Facebook or Instagram Twitter: @teacher_light Check out Our School on Facebook: https:www.facebook.com/lighthouselearningmicroschool Book a Clarity Coaching Session today: www.teachersletyourlightshine.com/coaching

Welcome back to a special episode of Highest Aspirations. Our guests this week are 3 students from Lowell High School in Massachusetts. I was introduced to them through our friend Jessica Lander, who has appeared on the podcast and facilitated an inspiring session at our annual IMPACT conference last year. She also happens to be the teacher of our three guests, Lucas, Ana Sofia, and Kasi - all of whom are students at Lowell High School who came to the US in the last 5 years.  You'll hear elements of their testimonios as they share their immigration stories, their experience contributing to and sharing a class recipe book called “Tasting History” with their classmates and beyond, and some recommendations for any teachers listening on how to help their MLL students be more successful in their schools and communities. You can find more information about Tasting History and much more on Jessica's website: jessicalander.com.  Thanks for listening to Highest Aspirations and please enjoy this conversation with some amazing students and their contributions to their school and community.  Link to episode transcript download. Subscribe to the show here: https://open.spotify.com/show/0W4CYdurgYRIwFGif3H6Qk For additional episodes, blog posts and free resources relating to multilingual education, visit our community page: https://ellevationeducation.com/ell-community. Visit our EL Community page for episode resources, related content and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/highest-aspirations/message

Some apprenticeships are boasting acceptance rates as competitive as Ivy League universities. WSJ repo rter Doug Belkin joins host Erin Delmore to explain why students are rethinking the cost-benefit analysis of a four-year college education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prestigious Stanford University is in a world of damage control after a federal judge is invited to speak on campus and then ambushed by leftist students and the dean of diversity.

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Today on AirTalk, the latest on the LAUSD union strike and what parents are saying. Also on the show, one month since the massive earthquake in Turkey; does marriage keep you alive longer?; and more. LAUSD Worker Strike Begins, Shutting Down Schools For 420,000 Students (0:15) Governor Gavin Newsom Proposes Sweeping Mental Health Changes (12:16)  Celebrating Our LAist “Backbone Staff”: Live Events (24:03) One Month After Turkey-Syria 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake, Donors Pledge $7.5 Billion In Support (32:40) Labor Negotiations Begin Between Hollywood Writers And Big Studios And It Could Get Tense (43:48) Interested In Living A Long And Healthy Life, Why Not Try Marriage? (55:09)

Welcome to Teach Your Class Off RADIO! We are currently in our Fifth season of Sunday Night Teacher Talk! Sunday Night Teacher Talk is a community of educators who meet live every Sunday at 1 pm Eastern Time (US) on CJ Reynolds' Real Rap with Reynolds YouTube channel to help each other become the teachers we're called to be. If that interests you, we welcome you to join the conversation and the community. We believe teaching is a communal activity and we support all types of educators. ________________________________________________________ Other resources: CJ's book, Teach Your Class Off: The Real Rap Guide to Teaching https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Your-Class-Off-Teaching/dp/195160010X/ Website: www.realrapwithreynolds.com Newsletter: https://realrapwithreynolds.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=dd46eaf83a849e077d27736e8&id=550be2e69f Mentoring: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=16916028 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realrapwithreynolds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realrapwithreynolds Teacher Talk Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/566468247135630 Twitter: https://twitter.com/realrapreynolds Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/realrapwithreynolds Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/realrapwithreynolds Mail: P.O. Box 11 Gloucester City, NJ 08030 USA For business inquiries or questions, visit https://www.realrapwithreynolds.com/contact/ ____________________________________________________________ Music: Kia Orion itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/orion-radio/id1303207770?mt=2 or https://www.instagram.com/kiaorion/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cj-reynolds5/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cj-reynolds5/support

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: The Drive at 5: Patrick Hughes— President & Founder of the National Opportunity Project—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the release of a report which shows that disadvantaged students didn't receive $736 million in federal COVID-19 aid that had been earmarked for them by Congress. You can read more about the report here: https://www.nationalopportunity.org/eans-report/ Is TikTok about to be banned? According to Jimmy Quinn, ByteDance—the parent company of TikTok—may be using their popular social media application as a surveillance mechanism for the Chinese military. While speaking with the press on Monday afternoon, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says the Republican party is not exclusively focused on a possible indictment of former-President Donald Trump.

While some students (and even teachers) may consider reading poetry to be like watching paint dry, it doesn't have to be! Caitlin and Jessica share a unique “Into” lesson with listeners that is sure to hook your students, preparing them for a successful and enjoyable experience with poetry.Are you enjoying the podcast?Tag us @ebacademics and let us know which episode you're listening to!Make sure to Subscribe and leave us a Review!Your review helps us reach even more middle school ELA teachers just like you! It would mean so much to us. To leave a review in iTunes, click HERE and scroll down to Rating and Reviews. Click on "Write a Review" and let us know how this podcast is helping you in your ELA classroom!Other episodes you might enjoy:Constructive Criticism: How to Change Your Mindset and Be Open to FeedbackMini Literary Analysis Writing PD: H

Ever wonder what it would be like to travel the world as a nomad in high school? You're about to find out! In this episode of Fueling Creativity in Education, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome Joann McPike, the Founder of THINK Global School, a not-for-profit, project-based, student-led traveling boarding school. THINK Global School is based on the foundation of empathy, diversity, resilience, and self-reflection. Enrolled students travel to four different countries each year for the last three years of high school.   Tune in to learn how this nomadic school works, the changes they see in students as they progress through the program, and the power of infusing a global perspective into high school-level education.   “When you learn in an unconventional way like that, the learning sticks because the memory is stronger.” – Joann McPike   Joann sheds light on how THINK Global School enables students to trust their own creativity and build their creative skills. She walks you through an example of their educational projects, explains why they don't do exams, and details how project-based learning fosters a deeper connection with the communities they live and travel in.    “What does a TG student look like? Curious, creative, adaptable, resilient, caring, intelligent, fun, enthusiastic. They want to be there. They're not there because they have to come, they come because they want to. They want to take charge of their own education. They want to see what's different out there.” – Joann McPike   Plus, she shares how educators can get involved in teaching at THINK Global School!   Joann's Tips for Teachers and Parents: Asking kids what they're curious about will spark creativity. Mindset is really important. Understand that creativity lies in each one of us and it's our job as adults and educators to support that.  Let kids know that you believe in them because their creativity is their power, it's where their energy lies.   Recommended Resources: THINK Global School Career opportunities at THINK Global School Listen to the episode with Genein Letford   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom?  Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast by visiting our website,  www.CreativityandEducation.com. How can you promote Teacher Creativity?  Read and watch how the concept of Teacher Creativity and Design Thinking can increase teacher agency using new technology, help build a culture of innovation, and support diversity and inclusion and social-emotional learning at your school. Visit WorwoodClassroom.com.   Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!   Have a question? Email Dr. Burnett and Dr. Worwood at questions@fuelingcreativitypodcast.com!   You can also find The Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!   About Joann McPike: A deeply rooted passion for education has been the driving force behind most of Joann's visionary work. Her conviction that there is no “one size fits all” in education, led her to create THINK Global School in 2010. The school is a not-for-profit project-based traveling boarding school, in which students from every continent, race, and religion travel with their teachers through 12 different countries during a three-year high school experience. Joann also founded the Re-Imagining Education conference together with Big Change, connecting global education innovators and thought-leaders on the feasibility and scalability of various reform initiatives in classrooms around the world. The conference inspired her to executive-produce the documentary “A Cure For The Common Classroom”.  Joann is a founding member of The B-Team, exploring business as a force for good, 100% Percent Human At Work, and she supports education innovators HundrEd, as well as Brookings Institute's work around parental engagement.   Follow Joann on Instagram Follow her on Twitter  

ICYMI: Later, with Mo'Kelly Presents – Thoughts on the LAUSD strike from the impact on students to the justifications for an 'equitable' wage increase…PLUS - KFI Reporter Kris Adler joins the program with the latest strike updates on KFI AM 640 – Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app

So much of the college admissions conversation seems to assume perfect grades and test scores along with ultra-selective ambitions. What about the other 99% of the applicant pool? Amy and Mike invited college advisors Katie Garrett and Melanie Talesnick to discuss college advising for B students. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What does it mean to be a regular kid in college admissions? Why are college rankings not the final word in academic fit? How do you create a college list that includes realistic choices while being open-minded to alternatives? How can students advantage themselves in admissions? Why does the term “dream killer” have no place in discussions of college fit? MEET OUR GUESTS For over twenty years, Katie Garrett has shared her passion for academics and education with students and their families. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with degrees in both Cognitive Studies and Psychology and has completed her graduate certificate in Independent Educational Consulting through The University of California-Irvine. Katie has been awarded the designation of Certified Educational Planner by the American Institute of Certified Educational Planners, demonstrating the highest level of professional standards through extensive knowledge, expertise, and experience in the field of educational planning. She is a Professional Member of Independent Educational Consultant Association and serves as Chair of the Charlotte Regional Chapter. In addition, Katie has completed coursework in executive functioning through Harvard's Graduate School of Education and is a Certified Parent Coach through the International Coaching Federation. Katie has personally visited hundreds of college and boarding school campuses and meets with admissions personnel on a regular basis to ensure that she stays abreast of the ever-changing landscape of education and admissions.  Melanie Talesnick has spent her professional career in a variety of settings. After graduating from the University of Delaware with a double major in Marketing and Management, she worked for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite the perks of travel and working with professional athletes, she felt unfulfilled, except when working with grassroots organizations to develop recreational programs for kids. This experience led Melanie to pursue a career in teaching and athletic coaching. She ultimately earned her Master's degree in Student Personnel Services from Montclair State University and a Certificate in College Counseling with Distinction from UCLA.  As a high school counselor for over 10 years, Melanie was always drawn to the college process. At the same time, utilizing her entrepreneurial nature, she founded Admit U Consulting to focus solely on working with students and families outside of the high school setting. She quickly emerged as a leader in the counseling office and ended her career at Morristown High School as the College Counselor. In 2015, she left public education to manage Admit U full-time. Melanie is a Professional Member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), a member of the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA), and sits on the National Advisory Board for a private liberal arts university. Melanie is also a Certified Educational Planner (CEP), a distinction held by only a handful of consultants in the state of New Jersey. Melanie's enthusiasm and passion for all things college is contagious! For more information, contact Katie at katie@garretteducationalconsulting.com or Melanie at melanie@admituconsulting.com. LINKS IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S THEM RELATED EPISODES WHAT DOES UNHOOKED MEAN IN ADMISSIONS? AVOIDING THE PAGEANT APPROACH TO COLLEGE ADMISSIONS WHAT IS A GOOD COLLEGE? ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

Recent victories in defeating most School Levies in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area are only the beginning. For generations, American public education has been run by radical revolutionaries who have used schools as instruments of social engineering. We can and must reclaim our schools from these Nomenklatura. Students, parents, classroom teachers, building principals, and American society require nothing less.Would you like to share your thoughts with Ralph?  Please email your comments to hello@idahospeaks.com or post your comments on @IdahoSpeaks on Twitter.Sponsors:West Coast Frames offers a variety of picture frames, posters and custom frame options.  Visit www.westcoastframes.com and shop online for your next custom frame.Idaho Speaks is a listener supported production.  Please visit idahospeaks.com/support to learn more.Do you have something so say?  Interested in learning more about publishing on the Idaho Speaks Network?  Our nation was built on ideas and your idea could be the next political advancement for Idaho.  Call Ed at (208) 209-7170 or email hello@idahospeaks.com to start the conversation.

The last three years have left many of our students feeling like they don't have roots  or a solid foundation to stand on. On top of that, as followers of Jesus our students  can feel like much of the world is against them. But the truth is that the one who is for  them is intimately greater than what is against them. Through her extensive research  on developing gritty faith in teens, Ebonie Davis shows us the practices we need to  help our students embrace in order for them to move from fragile to resilient.   Here's some questions you can wrestle with as you listen to this conversation: How would you define resilient faith or “durable joy”? How would you describe the state of resilient faith, or “durable joy” in your teens? Talk about the factors that adjust the state of resilient faith or durable joy in your teens. These could be positive or negative factors. What are one or two barriers you will need to overcome to build durable joy in our teens?  Is there a rhythm, habit, or practice that you would like to “disrupt” in your kids? What is it? What is one way you could disrupt that rhythm, habit, or practice? Ebonie talked about four habits to help build Jesus focused durable joy in teenagers. Which of those habits would you like to lean into first with your teens? What is one way you could do that? You should pick up Ebonie's book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Disrupting-Teens-Joy-Discover-Jesus-Focused/dp/1942145543   Want to chat about youth ministry? Give us a shout by emailing jeremy@youthworker.community

Two teachers — from an elementary school and a high school — explain why they're striking in solidarity with LAUSD workers such as custodians and bus drivers. Plus, how to get resources for surviving the strike, and what's driving this conflict? Louise Nevelson was one of the most iconic sculptors of the 20th century. LA's Pace Gallery is showing her larger, monochromatic wooden sculptures as well as colorful collages.

On this episode of The Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky help us understand the Iranian revolution with project analyst, Mahnaz Asghari, Iranian actress Nazanin Nour,  and hematologist Montreh Tavakkoli.Mahnaz Asghari is a Sponsored Project Analyst for Chapman University University in Fullerton, CA. She is also the manager of the Feudal Future Podcast with Joel Kotkin & Marshall Toplansky. Their podcast has over 30,000 downloads worldwide.Nazanin Nour is an Iranian American actress, model and writer. She has appeared on several television films and shows, including Madam Secretary. She is one of the judges of the first season of Persia's Got Talent, the Persian spin-off of the British talent show Got Talent, produced in Stockholm, Sweden.Montreh Tavakkoli a hematology-oncology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She obtained her master's degree in Biotechnology from Columbia University and her medical degree from UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, with an emphasis in Clinical & Translational Research. Her background is in preclinical drug development in leukemia/lymphoma, having contributed to the development of a leukemic stem cell-directed therapy and the personalization of an epichaperome inhibitor in acute myeloid leukemia as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and as a resident at Weill Cornell. She is pursuing a career in clinical translational research in lymphoma.The California Dream:From Chapman's Center of Demographics & Policy, Joel Kotkin & Marshall Toplansky co-author the brand new report on restoring The California Dream.If you haven't downloaded the report, see it here: https://joelkotkin.com/report-restoring-the-california-dream/Visit Our Pagewww.TheFeudalFuturePodcast.comSupport Our WorkThe Center for Demographics and Policy focuses on research and analysis of global, national, and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time. It involves Chapman students in demographic research under the supervision of the Center's senior staff.Students work with the Center's director and engage in research that will serve them well as they look to develop their careers in business, the social sciences, and the arts. Students also have access to our advisory board, which includes distinguished Chapman faculty and major demographic scholars from across the country and the world.For additional information, please contact Mahnaz Asghari, sponsored project analyst for the Office of Research, at (714) 744-7635 or asghari@chapman.edu.Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-feudal-future-podcast/Tweet thoughts: @joelkotkin, @mtoplansky, #FeudalFuture #BeyondFeudalismLearn more about Joel's book 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism': https://amzn.to/3a1VV87Sign Up For News & Alerts: http://joelkotkin.com/#subscribeThis show is presented by the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy, which focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.