Character Education: what has your teen learned? What are the most important traits to develop in students? At the end of high school,...

Campus Hillel: Will this be the place where your teen ‘does’ Jewish? What is the college campus like today? How does it differ from when...

Long-term or Short-term: Pick one Marketing and Selling. Terms that were not very much used in the Jewish community just a few short...

I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...

what is the ideal summer experience for your teenager? Jewish summer camp.  Arts classes. Internships. Specialty Sports Camps. College...

Make sure the activity gives back! Soccer teams. Dance classes. School activities. SAT prep classes. After-school jobs. Volunteer work....

Ronald A. Heifetz: “Leadership in times of crisis”   How can you make this connection for #Jteens? A blog I read in the Harvard Business...

Needed: Marketing pizzazz for Jewish Teens This post is more about marketing than it is about Jewish education. It’s a subject I have...

Are we selling the right “product”? It used to be that you couldn’t use words like “sell”, “product” or “market” easily when talking...

It used to be Culture vs Content. Now is it Building vs Substance? I call this the IMBY* Phenomenon: In My Back Yard. It’s the reason...

From the 1950’s, but great teachers create impact no matter the year This summer I’m working with an intern through a program that...

Teachers and Classroom Behavior Photo credit: tim ellis I read an eighth grader’s blog (!) today that resonated with me, and it triggered...

Lack of Parental Controls on FB? Implications for Teens? For parents, it’s becoming harder and harder to create boundaries of safety...

let’s change some paradigms for the sake of JTeens What would it take for the Jewish community to join in efforts to motivate Jewish...

Are we just being stupid or stubborn? There are some obvious signs that parents might not be as smart as we’d like them to be. Do you...

Check out the really short list In what seems a long time ago, I wrote a post about the Jewish community’s ‘in-the-box-thinking.’  As a...

What’s the new normal anyway? I recently read a great post called Approaching Normal.  It got me thinking about how teens today think...

What are we selling? Why would Jewish teens buy? This morning I read a piece by Reform Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan titled “We...

The more things change, the more …..well, you can fill in the blank here. This is on my mind as we approach the summer and thousands of...

The title of this post offers you some tips, however first, I’d like to ask you for some advice…..to a student named Rachel. Here are...