Baloney! – The New Game for PD & Staff Meetings
Our friends at MORE, Norm Scott & Brian Jones, have come up with a cute way for you and your colleagues to amuse yourselves on your next professional development day: BINGO… or better yet, Baloney! “During professional development, or your next staff meeting, put a marker on each buzzword when you hear it! When you fill a row or column, leap up and yell at the top of your lungs: YOU”RE FULL OF
Philly School Closings Photo Exhibit
Photo Collective Focuses on Philly Public School Crisis Fairhill Elementary Principal Darlene Lomax-Garrett was overcome with emotion as her school approached permanent closure. (Courtesy of Harvey Finkle) Photographs of many of the 24 Philadelphia public schools that were closed in 2013 will be on display at Scribe Video Center as part of a group exhibition featuring the work of the Philadelphia
Lessons from the 1963 Boycott
We had a highly successful, co-sponsored Campaign for Artful Resistance event on October 22nd to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 boycott of Chicago Public Schools, when an estimated 250,000 Chicagoans – mostly CPS students – protested segregation and inequality. More than 350 people from the Chicago community attended the screening of a 23 minute version of the Kartemquin Films docume
Campaign for Artful Resistance at St. Thomas Aquinas College
Our SOSers with Tom Chapin What a glorious event! More than 100 attended for a celebration that included musician Tom Chapin, African dancing and drummers, the Bossy Frog band, Mr. Amazing the juggler, student-led puppet performances, and much more! The St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) Art Therapy Club collaborated with participants to create the “My Dream School” mural. SOS wishes to thank all
