The gift that keeps on giving

by Susan Cohen Smith
Sometimes the rewards of teaching come years after retirement. My former student, Edward Chung, is for me, the gift that keeps on giving.
A ninth grader struggling in my French 1 class submitted his written work accompanied by the most fascinating drawings. The following year this young man fortuitously appeared in my Art [...]

President Obama’s back-to-school speech inspires teens to achieve

 
 
by Christopher Paslay
 
The brouhaha surrounding Barack Obama’s speech to our nation’s school children, to use a cliché, was much ado about nothing.  In the end, the President’s address was not only squeaky clean but quite inspirational to boot. 
 
Using examples from his own life and from the lives of other students [...]