Here's a scene you might be quite familiar with (alas). You've flown across an ocean, hungrily standing in a restaurant that smells like heaven, the menu is a doorway into a whole culture (where to start? SO MANY amazing options!), and your kid wants plain noodles. No sauce. Maybe some bread. Is there ketchup?
Across from the Massachusetts State House, at the edge of Boston Common, stands a bronze memorial that stops people mid-stride. It honors Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first Black regiments recruited in the North during the Civil War (if you've seen the film Glory, this is that regiment). Above all, look at their faces. Artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens spent fourteen years getting them right, and every soldier is an individual, a particular man with a particular face.
One of the sweetest signs of summer is appearing across Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Thimbleberry plants are flowering now, covering roadsides, forest edges, and trails with delicate white blossoms.
Teachers can make classroom time fun. They can turn a story into an interesting debate. Or a worksheet into a game. Still, there’s only so much energy a classroom can hold. Four walls become small when kids’ curiosity gets big.
Field trips give that energy somewhere to go. They give students a break from the classroom. At the same time, they keep learning alive. Kids get to see and touch real spaces. It wakes something up in them. A kind of excitement to learn that doesn’t always show up during desk work.
Cornish miners brought pasties to the Keweenaw, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, during the 1800s. The hearty, handheld meal was easy to carry underground and filling enough for a long day’s work. Long after the mines closed, the pasty remained — and today, it is one of the Keweenaw’s most beloved traditions.
Art For All Spaces proudly presents Bookaholic, a captivating solo exhibition by Orlando artist H. Gorlitz Scott, opening during the CityArts Third Thursday celebration on Thursday, July 16, from 6-9pm in the Side Gallery at CityArts in downtown Orlando.
Thriving as our true selves—fully present, not halfway—is how we grow into who we are meant to be. When we show up wholeheartedly in each moment, we plant the seeds of the skills that lead to fulfillment and happiness. Throughout my career in education, I have explored varied teaching methods, searching for what truly nurtures a child’s growth. Over time, I have learned that effective teaching is not only about strategies; it is about people.
Thoughtful travel begins long before tickets are booked, because every place has social patterns that shape daily life. Maps can show streets, trains, museums, and hotels, but they cannot show how people greet one another, share space, use silence, or define respect. For educators, students, families, and lifelong learners, preparation should include social context and humility.
Travel teaches us far more than geography, history, or language. Every destination introduces visitors to different traditions, customs, and ways of spending free time, offering valuable insights into the culture of a place. While museums, historical landmarks, and famous monuments often receive most of the attention, entertainment districts can be equally educational. They reveal how communities gather, celebrate, socialise, and express their local identity.
The morning we arrived at Culloden, the mist hadn't lifted off the moor yet. We were there when the doors opened, and hours and hours later, a kind staff member found us out on the battlefield to let us know the site was closing. We were the very last to leave (we are ALWAYS the last to leave). Our daughter kept going back to the Clan grave markers, looking off into the hills, listening hard. She did not want to go.
Neither did we. Culloden had a firm hold on our souls. (Still does!)