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 […]
A bird once set out to cross a windy sea with its three fledglings. The sea was so wide and the wind so strong, the father bird was forced to carry his young, one by one, in his strong claws. When he was half-way across with the first fledgling, the wind turned to a […]
Honi – who lived many, many years ago -was on a journey when he saw an old man planting a tree. “What kind of tree are you planting?” asked Honi curiously. “A carob tree,” answered the man. “Doesn’t the carob tree take a long time to bear fruit?” asked Honi “Seventy years” “But you […]
