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It's back to school time!
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MindOH! Launches the At Home
Series
 MindOH! announces the
launch of its At Home Series (AHS) to extend the
successful results of its school Discipline and Life Skills
Series to families at home. Responding to consumer demand by
teachers, administrators, parents and students who have
requested a home version of the Series, MindOH! created a
technology-based tool to help families respond to misbehaviors
and teach life skills such as setting goals, resolving
conflict and making wise choices.
As part of the AHS launch, MindOH! donated ten
subscriptions to families in the Houston and Atlanta areas.
Amy Looper, MindOH!'s co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer,
was a guest on the radio talk show "The High-Tech Texan Show
with Michael Garfield" on July 31st. The first five callers
into MindOH! after a mention of the promotion won
subscriptions. MindOH! also exhibited at the Houston
Federation of Teachers contest in early August and conducted a
raffle to donate five additional subscriptions to
randomly-selected winners. MindOH! also extended an AHS
subscription to the Gray family in Atlanta, whose son Daryl
has been a victim of bullying.
In addition to the charitable donations of the AHS,
families in Houston, Dallas and Washington D.C. have already
purchased subscriptions to this unique set of high tech family
resources that provides a safe, non- judgmental approach to
handling discipline, teaching life skills and building
character at home.
Learn more about the
At Home Series »
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Recommended Reading: "Teaching
Interrupted: Do Discipline Policies in Today's Public Schools
Foster the Common Good?" from Public Agenda
Teachers and parents say too many students are losing critical
opportunities for learning -- and too many teachers are
leaving the profession -- because of the behavior of a few
persistent classroom troublemakers. Teachers in particular
complain about the growing willingness of some students and
parents to challenge teacher judgment and threaten legal
action. But both teachers and parents support a variety of
remedies, including stricter enforcement of existing rules of
conduct, alternative schools for chronically disruptive
students and limiting parents' ability to sue schools over
disciplinary decisions.
Read
"Teaching Interrupted" »
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Funding Corner: Christopher Columbus
Awards
Grant Title: Christopher Columbus
Awards
Organization: The Christopher Columbus
Fellowship Foundation
Eligibility: Middle school
students
Value: U.S. Savings Bonds and
$25,000
Deadline: February 14, 2005
Teams of middle school students are invited to enter the
Christopher Columbus Awards, a free awards program that
challenges students to explore opportunities for positive
change in their communities. Teams of up to four students and
a coach must identify a community issue and use the scientific
process to solve it. Finalist teams win an all-expenses- paid
trip to Walt Disney World, where they will compete for U.S.
Savings Bonds and the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community
Grant to help bring their idea to life. Coaches may be
teachers, parents, community leaders, or mentors. Teams do not
need to be affiliated with a school to enter.
Contact: (800)
291-6020
http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com
Visit the
Christopher Columbus Awards Site »
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