With the dramatic increase in social media use by teenagers, school administrators and counselors sometimes fill their days resolving student...
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Operation Respect in Palestine
Sometimes you have meetings to set up other meetings. Sometimes you have meetings that change everything. In January, through an...
If U stay ready …You ain’t got to get ready – Part 2
Last week I wrote a blog post about the importance of building a positive school culture and climate as a...
If I Had a Hammer
“If I Had a Hammer” Performed, at a Benefit for Operation Respect, by Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey and...
An Important New Resource Places Equity Front and Center of Education Policy and Practice
Confession: I have a soft spot for reports on educational equity that prominently place a photo of happy, confident elementary-school...
“If I Had a Hammer”
The theme song for “Understanding Diversity,” theme four in our Don’t Laugh at Me curriculum, has been a rallying song...
Operation Respect: Program and Professional Development
As 2017 begins, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! We hope that this year will...
Blowin’ in the Wind
As we approach the end of 2016 and enter the holiday season for many, we are reflecting on this past...
Resolving Conflict – Slowing Down the Escalator
In a recent blog post, we introduced the concept of the conflict escalator. It is that sense all of us...
Facebook Launches New Cyberbullying Prevention Portal
Social networking is here to stay. There simply is no question that it has both its upsides and downsides particularly...
Conflict Escalates
Did you ever get into a discussion and before you know it, it becomes a full blown conflict? How about...
Sandy Hook Promise Video: A reminder for EACH of us
Some time ago my colleagues and I at a large education organization spent time considering the difference between the words...