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NEW PLATEAUSAdventures in Subbing: The Achievement Gap
I sat on a tiny chair while the 22 KindergartenersI was assisting this day sat cross-legged on the large, plush map-of-the-world rug in the corner of their room. Their teacher sat before them in her r...
2/1/13 at 8:57 AM New Plateaus Spotlight: Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya 8/29/12 at 10:35 AM
New Plateaus Geography Spotlight # 3 - São Tomé and Príncipe 7/29/12 at 10:06 AM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINAImpressed With China
So did my year in China have me looking back with appreciation for its history and spirit? Or were the pollution and big government detractors of my enjoyment? Yes. Days before I left to go to China...
10/20/12 at 11:40 AM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA IIfaith fridays: immaculee enlightens about marian visits in africa
This week, the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of Mary into heaven. The holy day took on special significance to me this particular summer. For the past five years or so, I've ...
8/17/12 at 12:01 AM
MIDDLE AGED PLAGUEThe Frugal Fanatic
Saving money and living green are so cool these days. So why isn't it cool when I do it? Sometimes this frugality thing goes too far. So says the Son and Heir, who is singularly unimpressed by the t...
2/9/12 at 5:39 PM
THE NEW FORTYBuilding the capacity to craft solutions...
Tonight was Parent-Teacher Conference night for the 7th grade at STEM - except it wasn't. The 7th grade team decided to try a new approach. They decided that this year theywould take key projects that...
11/3/11 at 9:55 PM
GOD TRACKSHealing 16,000 hearts
When Carl and Julie Gaede sold their house and nearly all of their belongings three years ago and moved to Uganda, they didnt know their decision would change 16,000 lives. They only knew that God h...
10/25/11 at 1:35 PM
THE FLENSBURGER FILESThanks for telling us how to drive, (....)!
It is a site that none of us wanted to see after 2008, the year of the economic collapse. At about this time last year, we were dealing with $4 a gallon gas in a time span between Easter and Labor Day...
4/21/11 at 5:36 PM
MODERN-DAY JANETell her I sent you.
I love my friends. And I hate it when they move away. I'm trying to move on and not pout that Lindsay is moving to Africa. Yes, I said AFRICA, as in a whole 'nother continent. For about a year and a ...
4/5/11 at 3:00 PM
REGGIE TALESThe Vuvuzela
Wikipedia defines the vuvuzela as: a blowing horn up to approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length. It is commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa. The instrument is played using a simp...
6/16/10 at 3:00 AM
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