Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools (read article)
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Published: September 6, 2009 in The New Yokr Times
Budget-battered school districts must try to salvage education for more than one million children whose lives are filled with insecurity and turmoil.

 A short video about the effects of human consumption has become a sleeper hit in classrooms across the nation. (read article)

Visit ‘The Story of Stuff’ Web Site
(but first, watch the video)

[ March 31, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00pm || Shirley Recital Hall, Salem Fine Arts Center

Celebrating March as women’s history month, Sue Lawrence, executive director of Jeannette Rankin Foundation, will speak about  Daring to Dream, which explores the reasons that 30 women changed their lives by going to college. The stories of success illustrate courage and determination in [...]