“Mentoring” – Ask people who are involved in some form of mentoring for a definition of the subject and you may receive an informal answer of the formal definition provided by Lois J. Zachary in her book Creating a Mentoring Culture; “Mentoring is best described as a reciprocal and collaborative learning relationship between two (or [...]
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Two Minutes on Mentoring February 2012
February 5, 2012
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As we welcome the month of February, I would like to remind all of you that January was National Mentoring Month and for me, personally, it was an opportunity to see mentoring in action in many different forms and formats. As I’ve often stated in these “Two Minutes on Mentoring” pieces, mentoring is about those [...]
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January 3, 2012
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2012. It’s amazing to me that 2011 has come and gone so quickly. It was a year of many changes and challenges which, in retrospect, was a very good thing. Change happens and one can choose to see it as a roadblock or as an opportunity… we at CLEAR [...]
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December 21, 2011
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“Impacting Educational Reform thru Social Change” In last month’s edition of “A CLEAR Voz” I shared with you that the Center for Leadership, Equity, and Research advisory group recently determined that we should focus on addressing two specific areas of need as action items in our equity strand; music and art in [...]
Read moreLack of Arts Education
November 18, 2011
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Fewer American children are getting access to arts education, whether at school or elsewhere, according to a new analysis of federal data issued by the National Endowment for the Arts. What’s especially alarming is that the overall decline is only part of the story: The drop is apparently most severe for African-Americans and Hispanics. [...]
Read morePlaying for Change
November 17, 2011
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Good Morning, Earlier this month (November 4th) I sent a message addressing the importance of having music and art in our schools. This past week the Advisory Group for CLEAR met and agreed that integrating music and art from a cultural perspective in our schools is an equity and access issue that we must actively [...]
Read moreFCC program to narrow digital divide
November 13, 2011
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This article appeared in the LA Times on November 9: FCC launching $4-billion program to narrow digital divide The FCC aims to make high-speed Internet access and computers more affordable for more than 25 million mainly low-income Americans. By Alexa Vaughn, Los Angeles Times In Fresno County, one of the poorest counties in the nation, [...]
Read moreCreative expression is important for all children
November 4, 2011
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I went to see a wonderful elementary school play last night (our granddaughter did a fantastic job by the way!!) and was reminded of the importance of having music and art in our schools. What came to mind was that many of our schools don’t have the funding to put on such a play…this is [...]
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November 2, 2011
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CLEAR Voz October 2011 Although I rarely visit the website of AERA, the American Educational Research Association (as a member, I should use it much more often) I recently came across a statement written by the President of the organization and the Chair of next year’s conference while researching a particular topic. The theme [...]
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November 2, 2011
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Two Minutes on Mentoring November 2011 In September I began this short series of writings by sharing that the ancient Greeks considered effective mentoring to be grounded in three critical areas; ethics, relationships, and logic. Having previously shared thoughts on both ethics and relationships, this month’s focus will be on that of “logic.”I won’t pretend [...]
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