Currents September 2025 (English & Spanish)
I was recently chatting with some young teenage girls about how they felt about going back to school. Summer break had ended, and even though the temperature was still high,…
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Currents March 2025
One of the things that I have always loved to do is to read. I think it may be my greatest talent – something that I have been doing since…
Seek Every Opportunity for Education That Comes Your Way
True or False: College graduates earn more than twice as much over a lifetime versus those with only a high school diploma. True or False: Women who are college-educated are…
Who Says You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
Can we all just agree that 2020 has turned out to be nothing like any of us would have expected? Whether we’re talking social distancing, face masks, hand sanitizer, homeschooling,…
Meet Big Ocean: Shelli Spotts
Changing the World Word by Word Shelli Spotts is a writer. She holds a master’s degree in creative writing, belongs to a writers’ group, and teaches college students writing and…
September 2018 Board Message
In our busy and hurried world, there are many priorities for parents as they raise their children. A most valuable priority is to instill within their children a passion for…
Cultivating Creativity
Days before school is scheduled to start for my two sons—one a freshman and one a senior—I am up early, preparing a lesson for the summer English class I have…
Someday Came Today
I said that someday I would go back. After all, we were expecting our first baby, my husband needed to get his education under way, and the thought of juggling…
The Unmarked Path
I first met Nazzy Amin in a hostel in London when I had arrived to start my master’s program. She was in the city for a few days attending a…
Interview with Emily Saddler
In one of those “It’s a Small World” connections, I’ve known of Emily for well over a decade. Through a close relative I heard about the wonderful things she was…
Meet Big Ocean: Norma Hendrickson
Before the sun rises on most mornings, Norma Hendrickson is up and going. She joins in an exercise class that begins at 5 a.m. two days a week and walks…
July 2018 Board Message
Two Poems and the Power to Choose As a little girl I remember sitting at my father’s feet as he would recall classic poems and teach my five siblings and…