We have discovered over the past election cycle that it was getting more difficult not to get dragged down. The more hateful the language, the more distasteful the attitudes, the more troubling the policy, the more invisible the values, the more we were challenged to stay optimistic. A school is just a building without those human qualities living within it. We do know, however, that our business is one of hope and of optimism and of potential. So we force ourselves forward. Then, it was as if we were reawakened to the key that sustains us. It happened once, then twice and then we began to notice it everywhere. Social media was giving us moments of reminders by letting children speak. So we share with you, four of the lessons we have learned. Read more...