Having interacted with young people throughout my career, I have seen that it is not just adults who have profound beliefs and perspectives. Todays’ youth are very passionate about their futures. While adults have faced challenges and major change throughout their life experience, todays’ youth are facing much more complex change at an unprecedented pace. […]

As an educator and as a parent I want my child to be extremely happy and successful!  In fact, most parents desire this as well. When I raised my step daughter, what I wanted most, was for her to acquire good survival skills; to become self-sustaining and efficient at whatever she chose to do personally […]

Where Are We Headed? In my previous blogs I have written about the current state of youth education and where I believe it is headed in the future. In all of my years of teaching I have been fascinated with the work many organizations have been doing to foster creativity and independent thinking. One organization […]

The Challenge As many of you know I have a history of teaching in the New York City Public School system. While there are tremendous people dedicated to educating our children, in my experience, the more economically challenged the youth, the higher the likelihood that they’ll fall short from learning, prospering and reaching their maximum potential. […]