Author Archives: fspguestblogger

Guest Post: With Common Core State Standards, Service Learning Matters Even More

by Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A. and Maureen Connolly, Ed.D., CBK Associates What motivates us to do our work as educators? While raising test scores and achieving accountability may be critical to our everyday tasks, most of us entered education to … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Turn Your Kids into Summer Goal-Getters

By Beverly K. Bachel, author of What Do You Really Want? Worried that your kids will get bored this summer? Or spend too much time playing video games? If so, now’s an ideal time to help them get goaling. Why … Continue reading

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Guest Post: One Human Family

By Kelly Huegel, author of GLBTQ As summer kicks off, so do Pride observations across the nation and around the world. From weeklong festivals in big cities like New York and London to modest, small-town observances, what was once a … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Improve the Self-Esteem of Perfectionistic Kids

By Tom Greenspon, author of Moving Past Perfect and What to Do When Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough Avery struggles with her homework; she writes something, erases it, thinks, writes again, erases again, looks worried and agitated. Nothing seems worthy … Continue reading

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Summer Reading? How About Summer Writing?

By Meg Bratsch, Free Spirit’s acquisitions manager (and erstwhile editor) Now is the time of year we start making our summer reading lists and stocking our bookshelves, beach bags, e-readers, and smartphones with hot new titles. But this summer, instead … Continue reading

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