By Jeremy Rubenstein. With Materials From the Department of Education, Office of Safe And Healthy Students An educator’s role is not limited to teaching concepts in a classroom. When emergencies occur at school, or even in the community, educators are often the ones interacting with affected students the most during the recovery process. In this […]
Download original article (PDF) By Charles Cardillo, Superintendent One of the highlights leading up to Red Ribbon Week is a Joint Munsey Park/Shelter Rock SCA meeting which is focused on a nationally acclaimed bullying prevention program called Box Out Bullying. To help accommodate busy parent schedules, Mr. Jeremy Rubenstein, the Founder and Creative Director, recommended […]
by Jeremy Rubenstein, Creative Director, Indicators of School Safety FORWARD This is the 19th edition of Indicators of School Safety and includes the most recent available data compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Center for Education Statistics, and other statistical data sources supported by the federal government The entire report (PDF) is available by clicking […]
You finished a long day of work. You’re not sleeping well. You’re not eating well. You want to find time what little time you have to relax, take some time for yourself. Adults with children, how many times has this happened: This clip might draw laughter or scorn, or both! But my point is […]
Everyone is born with two handicaps; a mom and a dad. I know if you’re reading this, and you’re a parent, you care about your child. You want them to succeed. But oftentimes, good intentions will backfire. You’ll create a child that isn’t as resilient, gritty, or empathetic. Here are 11 things that your child does […]
The video is designed to help schools, parents, and others who interact with kids understand the differences between harassment and bullying, and their legal obligations with respect to both. This video has been developed as part of a collaboration among the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]
Webinar: Wednesday, April 27, 2016; 2:00–3:00 PM Eastern Time Play is an important part of childhood. Despite the improvements in playground equipment and surfacing and messages about the importance of supervision on playgrounds, 235,000 children are seen in U.S. hospital emergency rooms with injuries associated with playground equipment each year. Most injuries occur when a […]
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Adapted by Jeremy Rubenstein Long ago, I believe it was the year 1284, in the town of Hamelin, in the country of Germany, there were rats, big, ugly, monstrous, disgusting rats, and these rats carried diseases, and the diseases caused plagues, and thousands of people died in these plagues. […]
Hundreds of years ago, the Great Emperor of Japan held a wrestling tournament once a year, and the strongest and fiercest wrestlers arrived to compete for a huge pot of gold. The wrestlers were gigantic, and they often broke each other’s bones. Some were tossed out of the ring and died from the fall. Some […]
John Henry Adaptation by Jeremy Rubenstein On the very day that President Abraham Lincoln declared there would be no more slavery in America, a strange incident happened on a plantation in Alabama. All the slaves had gathered in front of a small shack because a child was about to be born on the day they […]
