I am hearing from a variety of sources that people are getting freaked out about ebola. No amount of reassurance seems to help anymore, because people rightly distrust government and do not distrust their information source. You do know that journalism is going to give out topics that they think the public is interested in,…
50 % in store on educational items and free tote bag where supplies last.
In Metro Austin Taylor: Monday the 13th, one o’clock at Ferrari’s South: Wednesday the 15th one o’clock at Souper Salad on South Lamar near Ben White Central: *THURSDAY the 16th* noon at Mi Casa on 183 at Ohlen, in front of El Rancho. Please RSVP, telling me which one you want. Topic: “Getting the Word…
Friends, you know I am working on a book on that reveals that the biggest predictor for academic achievement is character formation. Yes, really. And how many of you knew that? Were trained how to teach morals or ethics? While you are waiting on that announcement about my book –and it should come soon– you…
I do now how some online courses up, some of which would be good for Family Day Home Operators. How will I let them know about that? This post! I would like to reach out to those who take care of children in their homes. Here in Texas, we traditionally call you all “Family Day…
If you would like to be in a group for Christian directors and owners, please contact me. We are having such a great time in Austin that I would like to help start such groups in other places. Looks like Arlington and Dallas are a go. Working on Denton/NFW and East Texas/Jacksonville. Let’s support one…
http://www.dadmag.com/dadskills/values.php Michael Shulman, Ph.D. says character formation really does begin in the cradle, with people like us being dependable. I had a great time with a bunch of early childhood educators yesterday evening. We discovered that none of them had ever had any training in how to teach good character traits! So we talked about…
Thanks to everyone who made the “Christian Directors’ Group-Taylor” a great success. Here is the poll I promised. Please participate in polling only if you are a director, assistant director, or owner of a Christian or Jewish school (so we match the research.) (Anyone is free to comment below this post on the topic, however.)…
Today Japanese surgeons report the world’s first successful surgery using IPS cells. These are cells taken from the patient’s body, and treated so that they act as if they were stem cells. They were then implanted in the patient’s body to repair damage elsewhere, in this case, the eye. A couple of years ago a…
You asked for a high content, all-in-one, reproducible training manual. I made one and you bought it. It is sold out! Well, as am making some more, I am finding ways to improve. Some good formating ideas, some typographical errors, and now a reorganization of the CDs, that I think will make the binder much…