What Should I Write About? Writing Your College Essay Is Never Easy! The time to begin your essay has never been more perfect.  Your...

Where’s the good news? When it comes to teens, it seems that “Headlines” are usually “Dead Lines”….yes….news about deaths, teenage thugs,...

Guess what’s trending for #teens? I discovered a helpful tool for twitter, a free site called hashtagify.me that lets you search trending...

twitter logo map 09 (Photo credit: The Next Web) “Treat every conversation you have on Twitter or Facebook as if it were a nationally...

Negotiating with teens when they say “been there, done that!” The entire school was taking a trip to the relatively new National Museum...

Should colleges check you out on Facebook? For Teens, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators: An article in Education Week noted what most...

Character Education: what has your teen learned? What are the most important traits to develop in students? At the end of high school,...

I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...

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...

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...

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

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...

photo courtesy of ePublicist Almost every day I experience a huge disconnect between my reality and the world of foundations and...

Finding your path This year, thousands of high schoolers will be entering college. Sometimes I think they have things way too figured...

courtesy of katerha's photostream Recently I was teaching a class the Jewish value of G’milut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness). I asked...

Making decisions about continuing Jewish Education  is often a challenge, though I’m not sure why. The comments below are ones I’ve heard...

Why is the Jewish community crying? I’ve worked with teens in the Jewish Let’s pretend you’re one of them. Your bar/bat mitzvah was...