Category Archives: Education
A Jersey Give Back Guide #GivingTuesday Challenge Grant
December 2, 2014You survived Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Now it’s time to give back! #GivingTuesday is here! In honor of this global day dedicated to celebrating generosity and giving back, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Victoria Foundation … Continue reading
How Do You Build a Truly Creative Community?
May 21, 2014It’s not surprising, but the places we want to live in are the ones that have embraced and fostered creativity and sustainability. When asked about the qualities that people want in a region, they are experiential; we want a mix … Continue reading
Q&A with Wendy Liscow
April 21, 2014This is the second installment of our new regular feature on the blog: interviews with Dodge staff. We’re going to check in with what they’re learning and thinking about as they visit with nonprofits around the state, and we’ll pepper … Continue reading
New Jersey Shines a Light on Arts Education
February 10, 2014A New Jersey state government agency offered some outstanding news last week. Surprised? Don’t be. The New Jersey Department of Education released the 2013 School Performance Reports and for the very first time in the nation arts measures were included. … Continue reading
Monarch Butterflies in a Tailspin
April 1, 2013University of Kansas insect ecologist, Dr. Chip Taylor, who is the founder and director of Monarch Watch, explains in this interview for Yale Environment 360 the variety of factors that are leading to a precipitous decline in the monarch butterfly population. … Continue reading
The Best Thing You Will See Today
May 23, 2012…is author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman‘s commencement speech to The University of the Arts (Philadelphia) graduates. Watch the video here, or here with subtitles. “Remember: whatever discipline you are in, whether you are a musician or a photographer, a … Continue reading
Educating for Genius
May 21, 2012There have been a handful of thought leaders that have written important books and articles sounding the alarm that the current U.S. education system is killing creativity in our children and not adequately preparing students to compete in the 21st … Continue reading
Where Students Are More Than Just Students
May 31, 2011Today is the final entry in our guest series from Unity Charter School, and it seems only fitting that we end it with thoughts from a student – Morgan Goldberg (pictured below in the middle of the photo) who is … Continue reading
CAUSE: Helping Kids Come Out Of Their Shell
May 25, 2011Today is the final installment in our guest series from the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences (NJAAS). Throughout this month, we’ve heard directly from the students in the CAUSE program and what it has meant to them. Today, we … Continue reading
The Importance of Volunteering
May 23, 2011The next in our guest series from Unity Charter School: today we hear from Peter Munde, a member of Unity’s Board of Trustees, who sheds some light on complicated charter school finances and the satisfaction of volunteering in Unity’s unique … Continue reading
Expressing Science & Yourself Through Creativity
May 18, 2011Welcome back to our guest series with the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, a nonprofit based in Camden which promotes the understanding, appreciation and protection of aquatic life and habitats through research, education and youth development programs. Over the … Continue reading
“I felt like I died and went to school heaven.”
May 16, 2011If you are a parent of school aged children, you know that sending your kids to a school that helps them learn and thrive is one of your top priorities. Ronni Arno Blaisdell, who moved to Morristown, New Jersey from … Continue reading
Science is Alive! Thanks to Mr. Doctor Professor Doc
May 11, 2011Today is the second in our series from the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences, a nonprofit based in Camden which promotes the understanding, appreciation and protection of aquatic life and habitats through research, education and youth development programs. Their … Continue reading
Unity Charter School: A Teacher’s Perspective
May 9, 2011Happy Monday! We welcome back our friends from Unity Charter School, a tuition-free, public K – 8 charter school in Morris Township. In case you missed last week’s post, Unity is unique because it combines New Jersey core curriculum requirements with … Continue reading
Connecting with the Community Through Science
May 4, 2011There are many news stories about how US students are falling behind in math and science to their global counterparts. But right here in New Jersey – in Camden – the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences is working hard … Continue reading