Thoughtful Thursday: 3 Black Women Poets to Know and Love
Today's Thoughtful Thursday pays tribute to three African American women poets: Jessie Redmon Fausetz, Audre Lorde, and Natasha Trethewey. Jessie [...]
Use Success Academy Secrets to Help Your Child Read
Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City have had an impressive track record of helping students achieve impressive results [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrating Fall
With the wind kicking up here in New York City today, it finally is beginning to feel like fall. It [...]
Easing the Stress of High School Applications
Feeling overwhelmed by the high school application process for your son or daughter? You are certainly not alone. Here are [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Survival
In the wake of the tragic Las Vegas Shooting, for today's Thoughtful Thursday we offer inspirational poems of survival. We [...]
How Do We Talk With Our Children About The Las Vegas Mass Shooting?
Another mass shooting, this time at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas. How do we talk to our children about [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Poems of Protest and Resistance
Today's Thoughtful Thursday brings poetry of the resistance. Generations of African American poets have given us clarity, purpose and direction [...]
Are You Raising An Independent Thinker?
We are raising the next generation of thinkers and problem solvers in this increasingly polarized world. How do they become [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: A Brooks/Dungy Duet
Today's Thoughtful Thursday presents a cool poetry combo: "We Real Cool", a classic from Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), our first national [...]
Encouraging Sibling Chill: 5 Ways to Promote the Peace
Worried about how your kids are getting (or not getting) along? Sibling squabbling and rivalry are to be expected in [...]