In September of 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed the second week of September as Hispanic Heritage Week. In 1988, Representative Esteban Torres of California introduced an amendment to the 1968 proclamation to extend the observance from September 15th through … Continue reading
(and in English) Celebrating The Richness Of Hispanic Culture by Carlos Caraballo Carlos Caraballo of Schenectady, NY describes the origin of Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. Carlos is Director of the Better Life Empowerment Center in Schenectady. The Center provides basic … Continue reading
Katrina is giving us the opportunity to really look at our reality both nationally and locally. We may choose to point fingers at the many wrongs that have taken place in the South therefore absolving ourselves of any responsibility for … Continue reading
(in English) Katrina as Our Daily Mirror Zulma Prieto is editor of El Puente, this area’s Spanish newspaper. Zulma is also a great community activist, concerned about all people who are downtrodden in our society. While this month we celebrate … Continue reading
An Introduction by Joe Rueff We had a great lesson Saturday in Goshen, IN, where I’m currently residing. A lesson in celebrating diversity, a lesson in developing friendships, a lesson in bringing people together. The lesson wasn’t taught … Continue reading
(click on a book or book title for purchasing information or more reviews) Editorial Reviews (from Amazon) Everything Bad Is Good For You By Steven Johnson From Publishers Weekly Worried about how much time your children spend playing video games? … Continue reading
United Streaming, www.unitedstreaming.com , a division of Discovery Education, has the largest data base of video clips and photos in the country. Check out whether it or a similar system is available in your children’s school. Love Free Games http://lovefreegames.com … Continue reading
Featuring Lorrie Morgan-Fererro on Neuro Linguistic Programming Ah, how time flies! It seems as though we just prepared our first four issues for publication and it’s time to move ahead and produce Issue No.5. We’re still working through formatting problems … Continue reading
Comments are from the books jackets. (click on a book or book title for purchasing information or more reviews) Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson . . . If you’ve searched for information … Continue reading
Review from NEW HORIZONS FOR LEARNING How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning by John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors With additional materials from The Committee … Continue reading