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Daily Times Leader: Classes Offer Citizens Bridges Out of Poverty
Classes Offer Citizens "Bridges Out of Poverty" (02/14/2013) A Getting Ahead graduate Lynn Phillips-Gaines addressed a group of community le [...]
Knowing When GA Grads Can Do It Better
By Carol Taylor We have found for the entire two years that we have run Getting Ahead classes that most people find out about the class from [...]
Mainstream Online: Achieving the Dream ‘Rolls out’ at UCC
Achieving the Dream "Rolls out" at UCC (02/06/2013) Big things are underway at Umpqua Community College, as the college's "rolls out" party [...]
Reporter-Times: Forum Teaches Concepts to Tackle Poverty
Forum teaches concepts to tackle poverty (02/02/2013) The Bridges Out of Poverty initiative in Martinsville, Indiana, takes over for the peo [...]
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority: Bridges Out of Poverty
Bridges Out of Poverty - Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (02/01/2013) The Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority offers an overview of Br [...]
What Is Wrong with Our Boys?
By Jim Littlejohn, aha! Process Consultant “What is wrong with our boys?” is the question being asked in many faculty lounges, on college ca [...]
Preparing Getting Ahead Graduates to Lead
By Carol Taylor It has been a goal of our Bridges Community to have a Getting Ahead graduate serve on a non-profit board. We started working [...]
Learning Styles and Strengths: Focusing on Achievement for Middle High Ability and Gifted Students
By Teresa Johnson INGREDIENT #4—Learning Styles, Intelligences, Strengths/Leadership Styles, and Perceptions of Learning/Interests (Blog 4) [...]
Coloradoan.com: Navigator Pilot Program from Bridges Out of Poverty
Navigator Pilot Program First of Many 'Ripples' from Bridges Out of Poverty (01/13/2013) Sarah Morrison-Cohen is more than an HR person; she [...]
Why Listen to Your Community?
If you’ve attended a Bridges Out of Poverty training, you know how important it is to solicit input and involvement in problem solving from [...]
Relationships: Focusing on Achievement for Gifted Students
By Teresa Johnson No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship—James Comer INGREDIENT #3 – Relationships help achieveme [...]
K-12 News Articles 2012
Morada Middle School bucking the expulsion trend (LodiNews.com, Sara Jane Pohlman) 04/27/2012 SBOP gives tools needed fo success (Starkv [...]
Higher Ed News Articles 2011-2012
Soon-to-Be College Grad Thankful for Help (South Bend Tribune, Gene Stowe) (View as PDF: Soon-to-be college grad thankful for help) 12/02/ [...]
Community News Articles 2012
Poverty Is Spotlight at Forum for Leaders (View as PDF: Poverty is Spotlight at Forum for Leaders) (Martinsville Reporter-Times, Michael Res [...]
Criminal Justice News Articles 2010-2012
Residents show Marion matters (MarionStar.com, Tabitha Clark) 12/10/2011 Life on the edge: poverty growing in Ohio: Municipal court adapting [...]
Getting Ahead News Articles 2012
Learn Financial Skills in Bridges Out of Poverty (The Gainesville Sun, Aida Mallard) 10/31/2012 SBOP gives tools needed fo success (Star [...]
Business News Articles 2011-2012
Bridges Out of Poverty Assembling St. Lucie Leadership (TCPalm.com, Marsha Branch) (View as PDF: Bridges Out of Poverty assembling St Lucie) [...]
This Is My Brain in the 21st Century Classroom…
by Doug Stewart During my 16 years of teaching in a college classroom, I have had many opportunities to wonder, “What would work better with [...]
Support to Mitigate Test Pressures
By Claire Pentecost Teachers and administrators are under intense pressure to improve test scores, and we face conflicting goals. On one han [...]
Gifted Attributes: Focusing on Classroom Success for High Ability and Gifted Students
INGREDIENT #1 - High Ability/Gifted Attributes (Blog 1) Remember the old adage, when life gives you lemons… As a regular program teacher, I [...]
GA Graduates Banish a Food Desert
Margie Stanislaw-(front row 2nd from left) and some of the Getting Ahead Investigators who spearheaded fresh food for Jeannette. Margie is [...]
A Good Use of Time: An aha! Training
How often do you attend a seminar or conference and find that you are looking for ways to not attend the next meeting? I have attended sever [...]
High Ability and Gifted Students in the Regular Program: Left Behind?
The main focus of the No Child Left Behind Act was to drive broad gains in student achievement. I have pondered if proponents of the law rea [...]
From Vision to Action: Best Practices in Sustainable Communities
Lisa Stoddard I’m really proud to share a new book just published by aha! Process, Inc. called From Vision to Action: Best Practices to Redu [...]
Using What We Know in the Classroom
When I was working on my dissertation in 2004-05, I conducted that literature review that everyone who has been through a doctoral program l [...]