A Little Bit of Latin America, Our Trip to LeaLA!
This past weekend, Luis and I took two of our students to LeaLA, the third annual Spanish language book fair at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and I must say, we all had a great time! Our biggest problem: not enough cash and not all booths took debit or credit. When I was a kid, … Continue reading
Promoting Arts, Promoting Growth
In a time of fiscal crisis and budget cuts, arts are generally the first things to be affected. Arts education has become a thing relegated to after-school programs, and even then, with the pressures of state- and federal-enforced standardized testing, most after-school programs have started tailoring their services for low-performing youth. Science, Technology, Engineering, and … Continue reading