by Lisa Dabbs | Dec 28, 2010 | Posts
via jsonline.com As a former elementary school principal, with 14 years in this work, I know just what it takes to venture where others fear to tread. In the high stakes world of education in the United States, the pressure of the job of a principal can be a career...
by Lisa Dabbs | Dec 27, 2010 | Posts
via blogs.forbes.com Reach Out and Read annually serves more than 3.9 million children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age. Some 27,000 doctors and nurses participate in the program – at hospitals, in clinics, and in doctors’ offices – in every state and...
by Lisa Dabbs | Dec 23, 2010 | Posts
Today I offer a song which compels us to consistently seek what’s at our core, and our soul, as we do our work around the world with our students. The images, although older, do not look so different from what we are still struggling with today…in the...
by Lisa Dabbs | Dec 16, 2010 | Posts
Feed the World! A huge commitment to undertake in 1984, as it continues to be to this day. How much has changed since 1984? Not much. We are still struggling with finding ways to not only “feed the world” but support the lack of clean water in our world...
by Lisa Dabbs | Dec 15, 2010 | Posts
via abcnews.go.com How do we keep an attitude of gratitude alive and well during the excesses of the season? This is a great read! Great tips on how to teach our kids to appreciate more, and enjoy the spirit of the season at the same time. A great idea for a classroom...
by Lisa Dabbs | Dec 9, 2010 | Posts
For today’s 30 Goals song of the week I have chosen this song: I believe in Father Christmas. I have always been moved by this song, since the first time I heard it. It was written by Greg Lake the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock group Emerson, Lake and...