Each month, Special Report summarizes a recent research study (or several studies related to the same topic) containing findings of importance to Educational Leadership readers. The purpose of this column is not to endorse or refute the conclusions of the study or studies summarized, but rather to keep readers informed about timely research that may [...]
The story of the Community Gardens of Tucson be gins with the generosity of one person. In 1989, Ellen Hand proposed a plan to the Pima County Extension agent to create a community garden on her property. Local Master Gardeners helped install a drip irrigation system and rabbitproof fencing, and the first 15 community garden [...]
By Karen Lynn Vidra , The Texas Tornado Barbara writes of the type of car she would love to have. Got this idea from seeing a yellow Hummer sitting in the library parking lot; BOY, is it EVER pretty! WOW! Like Barbara, I can’t seem to take my eyes off it either! LOL This is [...]
A man and a woman sit in a field of daisies. “Forever?” he says. “Forever,” she says, and they kiss. A giant Twinkie runs past, trailed by perhaps two hundred young women. The woman leaps to her feet and rum to catch up with the Twinkle. “The sweetest thing in the world,” the voice-over says, [...]
“After losing 95 pounds, I no longer have to buy my clothes from the plus-size section of department stores.” PAM’S CHALLENGE Although Pam Laney participated on her high school’s basketball, volleyball and track teams, at 5 feet 5 inches she was still extremely overweight at 225 pounds. “I ate a lot of fried foods and [...]
At age 36,1 look and feel better than I did at 26, thanks to my healthier new lifestyle AMY’S CHALLENGE When Amy Whittle took over her family’s manufacturing business at age 26, she suddenly found herself putting in 14-hour days. “I spent all my time in the office and either grabbed unhealthy snacks from vending [...]
By Julie Donner Andersen Excerpted from the book “Parentally Insane: Insights From The Edge..of Midlife!” by Julie Donner Andersen. There’s no doubt in my mind that we live in a competitive society. All people love the thrill of competition. There is something inately satisfying about being able to “best” our fellow players and sportsmen [...]
Give the skiing cognoscenti (whoever they are) a big ol’ dope slap for forgetting that two of the best resorts in the world, Engelberg and Andermatt, are right there in the Swiss Alps. THE ROAD TO ENGELBERG KEEPS VISITORS in the dark. The perspective changes with each switchback, while an imposing canyon wall blots out [...]
Fights have been waged in various state legislatures over the past few years concerning whether undocumented immigrant students should be able to benefit from in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. But a story in The Wall Street Journal (April 26) points out a downside for students in the nine states that have passed [...]
Working with Partners to Increase Civic Engagement ORIGINS Our project began with a simple conversation. In February 2002, a group of chief academic officers, the college marketing manager from The New York Times, and I were discussing three troubling trends: a rising level of bitter partisanship in national politics, college students’ growing disenchantment with political [...]