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A hard rain is gonna fall–Community stability
You can make a “D” list of all the factors that disrupt lives and may shake community stability and cause an individual, family, or group to [...]
Cincinnati Works Achieves 85% Retention Rate for New Hires
A Bridges Community that adopts the Cincinnati Works model will be able attract new businesses to the community. Not long ago I visited Cinc [...]
“I get it!”
“I get it!” This is what Juvenile Court Judge Wendell Askenette said to a crowd of Menominee Indian community leaders in reference to the Co [...]
Inspired by our clients: Kim Soper
Kim contacted us in July and was interested in translating Appendix E in the Learning Structures: Modules 8–13 workbook into Polish. She liv [...]
Al and Gebra- Fact or Fiction?
The Journey of Al and Gebra to the Land of Algebra is a fictitious story that explains algebraic concepts. Throughout its development I focu [...]
Looking for Answers
I recently read Kay’s blog where she’s writing about being asked by her governor to chair a committee on education. In her blog Kay conclude [...]
The Educator’s 3 R’s: Renew, Refresh, Revive
Summer is here! For many, summer is a time off. For others, it simply means a different job or the same job without the students present. On [...]
Poverty – How to Develop a Bridges Community – My Website / BlogHow to Develop a Bridges Community
Recently there has been a rush of communities asking how to go about building a Bridges community for reducing poverty. We’ve heard from peo [...]
aha! Process working in Gulf Region: Building houses and communities with Katrina victims- the Bridges way
It has been almost three years since the Gulf Coast was hit hard by the one-two punch of Katrina and Rita, and still 80,000 displaced people [...]
aha! Process participates in the NAESP national convention
aha! Process participated in the NAESP (National Association of Elementary School Principals) annual convention in Nashville. What a great p [...]
Is apathy more dangerous than criticism?
We prefer people who are passionate—even if we don’t always agree on everything. This is what we can agree on when it comes to poverty: We k [...]
Generation Y: Talk to me!
by Kenn W. I have been doing a lot of reading about new teachers – i.e., Generation Y: those born between 1978 and 2000 (“What Gen Y Really [...]
Next steps: What to do after attending A Framework for Understanding Poverty Day 1 workshop?
Recently I had the opportunity to present a workshop in Michigan. The contact person phoned to ask what her staff could do to put the Framew [...]
Understanding self-definition
Today’s topic is not an easy one to discuss. I put it under the category of “self-definition” in the diversity umbrella. It is important to [...]
Privilege and the “paper world”
Being a blog contributor for aha! Process has heightened my curiosity in searching out other blogs that pertain to children who are dealing [...]
Signs of the ages
During the past year, learning to read using Tucker Signing Strategies has moved in two directions—toward younger students, and toward older [...]
Teaching: Not a discipline for the faint of heart
The other day at a training, a kindergarten teacher who teaches in a high-poverty elementary school told me this story: Two kindergarten boy [...]
Hang gliding with Ruby Payne
All too often we as humans become comfortable in our professional journeys through our careers. As educators we see many programs come and g [...]
The key to unlock the code–Student achievement
Here is a letter wonderful letter about student achievement that we received from Rosa Leonard, a middle-school reading specialist: “Reyna i [...]
Putting it into practice
Recently, while involved with a school where the majority of the families experience poverty, I noticed that a number of the male students w [...]
Getting Ahead Network–Phil DeVol answers a reader’s question
From time to time we receive questions from clients. One such client, Tammy Schoonover, presented us with the following questions and comm [...]
The Educational Impact of Formal Register
Grandchildren! What a delightful word! My grandson, Noah, is 14 months old. Over the holidays my husband and I were able to spend an entire [...]
Quiet Riot–Understanding Poverty
I was presenting in a beautiful town. On my journey I saw only the well-maintained houses of the wealthy; however, the demographics told a d [...]
Educating Boys– Boys in Crisis book helps a teacher and a student connect
Recently Dr. Paul Slocumb, author of Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis, presented a workshop on educating boys to a group in Wichita, Kansas. Thi [...]
Improving Outcomes in School and Community–Same or different
Brian Dyson, a well-known business consultant, once said, “Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we ar [...]