I had the opportunity recently to facilitate a group of business, education, political and community leaders in a discussion about developing a workforce ready group of graduates in the 21st Century. I was given the task of relaying the experience. I have decided to share with you to see if you agree or disagree with these leaders’ ideas and action steps and why. I encourage you to read and weigh in in the comment section below. I look forward to your responses. Executive Summary Newport News Public Schools is moving quickly to address.

At the close of every year our family uses this time as an opportunity to review, reflect, predict and plan. We each have a journal where we have kept our goals and it is interesting to look back over the years and see where we have been successful and areas that still need work or redefining. We do not just take a  “What should I change?” perspective when goal setting but we also look at our strengths, as individuals and as a family. We collectively examine how well we have been keeping the family mission statement and look closely .

What does music, film, live performances, laughter, passion, reculturation and blogging for charity have in common?– Western NY’s Powerful Learning Practice’s culminating celebration! Holland’s team performing a remake of "This Land is my Land" into a Web 2.0 Song May 22, 2008- 20 school teams in the Western New York region came together to celebrate their learning journey that took place over the last 6 months through a job-embedded professional development opportunity called Powerful Learning Practice. Scho.

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people. -Mother Teresa Thinking more about the homeless issue and how to make an impact. Steve Hargadon and I have been throwing ideas around for awhile now. I plan to Skype him into my two workshops tomorrow at Preparing for Walking Home Together: Steps to a Practical Approach- NC’s Conference on Homelessness to talk about using his Public Web Stations idea for setting up free Public Access computer stations for next to nothi.

A relatively new blogger and deep thinker Vinnie Vrotny, who blogs over at Multi-faceted Refractionsis helping his school’s junior class with a service project. Vinnie’s school mission is to embed service learning into the curriculum. Inspired by the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, a mountain climber who has dedicated his life to improving the education of others, especially young women, in remote parts of the world, who may not have the same access that we take for granted- the juniors will be holding a read-a-thon o.