This video produced by The Ounce of Prevention Fund does an excellent job of portraying what is possible to accomplish at the preventative stage across a community like ours.
It’s a real invitation to acknowledge both problem and solution and step up to action.
This is from the Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority – Georgia Family Collection Collaborative website.
A wonderful and important refresher course in U. S. History.
Introduction by Morgan Freeman – 14:24 minute video
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! Keep the faith; hold on to the “American idea” of liberty for all.
lib·er·ty n
1. the freedom to think or act without being constrained by necessity or force
2. freedom from captivity or slavery
3. any of the political, social, and economic rights that belong to the citizens of a state or to all people (often used in the plural)
See also civil liberties
civ·il lib·er·ties npl
the basic rights guaranteed to individual citizens by law, for example, freedom of speech and action
A Teacher Makes Her 3rd-Grade Kids Hate Each Other For The Best Reason Imaginable
The payoff at the end is brilliant and a perfect metaphor for what we deal with and face every day in our society.
This thought provoking question and the comments that follow are almost an education in themselves. You certainly don’t have to be a rising high school senior to enjoy the real-life insights, appreciation. and wisdom from these sharings.
You might even want to pass this link along.
Click What is school for? to go to the video
An engaging discussion of what the future of education wants to be
… and how
… and why.
TEDxNevada: Age 13 Hacking Education
Published on Feb 12, 2013 – 11 minute video
When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy.
He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal.
Enjoy.