“Smart simply means you’re ready to learn”

STEM education has arisen as a national priority in the U.S., as it has become increasingly apparent that U.S. students are not advancing in math and science at the same pace as in… Read More →

Building a Multi-Ethnic Children’s Library – Ezra Jack Keats – Plus Complaints About Weather

It is April 22, and here in Saint Paul we are in the middle of a snowstorm – we are expected to get 2-4 inches tonight.  This is the third snow storm in… Read More →

Lectionary Sunday – Tabitha – Acts 9:36-43

36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed… Read More →

No Mirror’s in My Nana’s House

In light of the Dove post earlier this week, I thought that I’d share this song, performed by Sweet Honey in The Rock and shown on Nick Jr. The song has been a… Read More →

Event – African American Leadership Forum VIII – The Time is Now! Educating Every Black Child

My colleagues and I will be attending the African American Leadership Forum Conference tomorrow at General Mills.  The topic is “The Time is Now! Educating Every Black Child.”  We’ll be bringing some of… Read More →

Reimagine Beauty – Dove Forensic Sketch Artist Ad

When I started this blog I named it “Reimagine Imago,”  because I think that part of healing our world, our relationships with God, other and self requires imagining those things differently.  The images… Read More →

Event: An evening discussing leaderships needs to create good schools

Reblogged from Junior League of Minneapolis: Event: The Leadership Factor with Dr. Steve Perry Dr. Perry is one of the most exciting and outspoken leaders in education today. The author of Push Has Come to… Read More →

Bee Bim Bop! – Building a Multi-Ethnic Children’s Library

Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park.   Bee-Bim Bop! is so cute.  The rhymes are fun and rhytmic, and Ho Baek Lee’s illustrations are sweet and playful. The book tells the story of a… Read More →

Motivation

I watched this Ted Talk, from Dan Ariely at TedX  Río de la Plata twice this weekend.  I was so mesmerized by his description of motivation that I needed to watch a second time… Read More →

“Ethnic” Books – Please, Baby, Please

I need a new title for this series, I HATE writing “Ethnic” everyone is “ethnic.”  I don’t want to call in minority, or multi-cultural or … any suggestions? :All this springs from an… Read More →