Picture the average school building, and a number of images will likely spring to mind: long, grey hallways lined with lockers, stuffy classrooms and outdated architecture reminiscent of a prison or a factory, rather than a place for learning.
While this may be true for the cheaper, more standardized “flatpack” schools of previous years, educators and designers are now turning their attention to the effects of school design on learning, and how current buildings can be adapted.
I am so happy to share a funny, interesting, and (joyfully) timely book! The Detroit Lions: An Illustrated Timeline, written by Dave Birkett and published by Reedy Press, is an excellent read and visual treasure.
In 2025, Amsterdam will reach the age of 750. This city has a rich and eventful history. From a modest fishing village in the 13th century to a modern and thriving city, Amsterdam has exponentially grown over hundreds of years. This vibrant metropolis, with its unexpected weather that requires you to carry a windproof umbrella all the time, is celebrating and honoring its past while unveiling a vision for the future.
The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean paradise known not only for its dream beaches, but also for its rich and varied cuisine. Samaná, one of the country’s hidden gems, offers a unique culinary experience that combines indigenous flavors with African, Spanish, and Taino influences. In this article, we’ll explore some of the traditional Dominican dishes you can’t miss during your visit to Samaná.
College football is the lifeblood of the NFL. During their student years, promising football players learn and develop their skills to the point where they can expect a future in the professional game.
From there, every year, there is an NFL draft where the 32 franchises select the best college talent and place it on their roster. Contracts are signed, and those pro careers are underway.
One of our favorite writers, Patricia Leavy, is back with a novel that is one of the most important books you’ll ever read. Shooting Stars Above is one of those books that, once you start, you cannot put down (yes, 4am bedtime, but happy!). Shooting Stars Above will be released March 18, 2025.
The holidays are already a special time of year; when you add in all the cultural components and traditions that we hold onto through our families that have been passed down through generations, it adds something rather special to the holidays…because it’s filled with deep meaning.
We’ve officially turned another calendar page. Whether you’re shocked, surprised, ready, still full of cheese, excited, nervous, or already on your way, amidst the fireworks and fanfare, January has arrived.
How will you greet 2025?
When twelve-year-old Charlotte is uprooted from New York City and forced to move to sweaty, sticky, roach-infested Florida, she’ll do anything to get back home – even conspiring with ghosts. Everyone in the kooky seaside town of Casaluna is obsessed with the supernatural, and Charlie finds herself living in the town’s most infamous haunted house, inhabited by a trio of rambunctious ghosts who were cursed for stealing a dead man’s diamond.
It is December at this writing, a season of darkness and light, of looking forward and looking back.
There are many journeys each of us makes in the course of a day, not to mention across a week, a month, and a year from January to December.
These may be physical journeys to a new land to explore, down the street to help a friend, across a room to greet a stranger.
They could be journeys of thought, imagination, storytelling, learning, and reflecting on changes brought by these.