by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Feb 14, 2023 | Holistic Education, Mental Health, Podcast
Parenting Forward after Grief with Michele Benyo Imagine the two most difficult things that you could possibly go through happening simultaneously. Parenting a child, and the grief of losing a child. Now imagine parenting a surviving child after they lose their...
by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Dec 6, 2022 | Podcast
Avoiding Dropouts through School-to-Career Support with Ken Smith Helping youth who have dropped out of high school is important, but what if we could prevent the dropouts altogether? That’s the idea behind Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG), championed by this week’s...
by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Oct 4, 2022 | Podcast
The Cost of Pushing Our Kids with Komal Shah Parents have dreams for their kids. Maybe it’s that the child earns that sports scholarship that the parent didn’t get. Or that the child gets into the big four-year college that the parent couldn’t afford. Or that the...
by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Sep 20, 2022 | Podcast
Making Sure Our Kids are Okay with Jordan Posamentier Everyone should be working to ensure our kids are okay; it’s not the sole responsibility of parents or teachers or mental health professionals. If we want to make sure our kids are ready to be tomorrow’s leaders,...
by Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Aug 16, 2022 | Podcast
Better Serving LGBTQ+ Students with Patti Hearn Belonging is vital if our kids are to learn. They need to feel understood and safe, and that often starts with teachers. But teachers have a lot on their plates already, and new legislation has them fearful that they’ll...