One minute. Three reasons. Why just three reasons? Simple. Your time is valuable. Plus everyone’s way too busy getting ready for the...

Teachers and Classroom Behavior Photo credit: tim ellis I read an eighth grader’s blog (!) today that resonated with me, and it triggered...

Lack of Parental Controls on FB? Implications for Teens? For parents, it’s becoming harder and harder to create boundaries of safety...

Are we just being stupid or stubborn? There are some obvious signs that parents might not be as smart as we’d like them to be. Do you...

Check out the really short list In what seems a long time ago, I wrote a post about the Jewish community’s ‘in-the-box-thinking.’  As a...

What’s the new normal anyway? I recently read a great post called Approaching Normal.  It got me thinking about how teens today think...

This news came to my Inbox today:”Today’s Campus is launching a new publication designed as a resource for the parents of the entering...

Is it the consummate Jewish nebbish, portrayed here by Woody Allen? The words “You’re soooo0 Jewish”, said in that tone of voice, from...

Mention “Current Events” to a group of teens and just watch what happens.  Their eyes seem to glaze over. As if talking about...

By now, I think most educators have figured out that technology is not something that can be isolated from educational endeavors, but...

Image via Wikipedia Getting a bad grade, especially when you expected something else entirely, pretty much stinks. It’s hard enough being...

Imagine that you’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a thunderous storm. Waves are coming fast and furiously.  Water is...

Image via Wikipedia With a nod to the TV show, I recently encountered a unique version of the restless young; amazing and energetic young...

You gotta read it to believe it. The following is an actual dialogue (with a name change) I had a few days ago with a student, now a...

Image via Wikipedia Did this headline grab you? You’re not unique. It’s what seems to work for newspapers and television. This is what I...

My weekly experience working with a class of 8th graders serves as a counterpoint to the doom and gloom I’ve read about lately in studies...

My blog posts rarely ever make the ideal 250 word count mark. I read somewhere that the perfect blog contains just that amount for...

You would think it would be easy to market a product that has intrinsic long-term value, is priced well, offers tremendous flexibility,...

Image via Wikipedia Some parents are guilty of treating Jewish education like a side dish, something that will never star as the main...

What are the obligations of a Jewish supplementary high school in raising the ethical level of its students? How do we hold our students...