Nonacademic Skills

Posted by on Aug 4, 2015 in Blog | Comments Off on Nonacademic Skills Interesting article. Of the current terms I particularly dislike “grit” because it sounds abrasive. (Ummm, grit IS abrasive.) But resilience and perseverance are inarguably necessary qualities for success. They’re probably too long for a catch phrase or large font book title. Alas. Nonacademic Skills
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Who Gets To Get Help?

Posted by on Jun 24, 2014 in Blog | Comments Off on Who Gets To Get Help? On Sunday, the New York Times posted a front page article on the plight of families with a troubled teenager, and whether help was available to truly aid in treating such a young person. I appreciated Benedict Carey’s article.  But by focusing on potentially violent males, it missed the fact that many adolescents of both sexes are grappling with debilitating psychiatric problems including...
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Reflections on Newtown

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 in Blog | Comments Off on Reflections on Newtown As our whole society continues to process what has happened in Newtown, CT, we also question what can be done to prevent a repetition of this awful violence. Mass slayings rightfully draw our attention and evoke our horror. But this morning I heard the statistic that since the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, more than a million — a MILLION — American have been...
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