Buzz from the Hub

This issue of the Buzz brings you news that we’ve been refunded for another 5 years! Thanks to all who wrote in our support. The Buzz returns with new resources (Halloween treats!) for you, including a resource collection on trauma-informed care to inform your work with children and families. We are also pleased to share 4 fact sheets on ESSA newly translated into Spanish.

This is the “final” issue of the Buzz from the Hub in CPIR’s current 5-year project cycle. While we await news of refunding, we find it a fine time to look back to where we have been and what the Parent Center network has accomplished in the past 5 years.

The theme of this Buzz is the data of the day, which tell a story of “now” but also help us prepare and plan for where and how to bring our parent voices to bear on shaping the educational and community landscape in which we live.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. ~Henry Ford The theme of this Buzz is the enormous impact that our expectations have on the outcomes we achieve. Research has more than adequately shown that high parental and teacher...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. ~Thomas Carlyle Summer is upon us. To kick off the season, we've put together several resources that might be considered "fun and games"...

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond. ~Gwendolyn Brooks We have another information deluge for you--this time featuring resources about specific disabilities: autism, deafness, and speech and hearing. You'll...

The cure to information overload is more information. ~David Weinberger We hesitate to say TMI (too much information), but there's a deluge of resources to share with you in this issue of the Buzz. So many, in fact, that we've divided the newsletter into two parts:...

  Sharing will enrich everyone with more knowledge. ~Ana Monnar This first issue of the March Buzz brings you resources for your Parent Center knowledge base and three resources that can be readily shared among staff and with the families you serve. Our best to you...

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. ~Sitting Bull We are united in our mutual commitment to the well-being of children--our own children, those of others, the little ones we see in our daily travels and doings, and those with...

No somos perfectos pero juntos somos un gran equipo. ~Anonymous Issue 1 of the February Buzz brings you materials in Spanish to share with the Spanish-speaking families you serve. We also connect you with two new resources on IDEA and ESSA (in English) and a link to...

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. ~Charles Kettering We are fully launched into a new year that promises to be full of growth, challenge, learning, and doing the work that we care deeply about. May the...

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good. ~H.L. Mencken We're off and running, skiing, slipping, and skating into 2018. It may be cold outside, but there are plenty of issues bubbling on the stove. This...

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped. ~Nadine Gordimer This issue of the Buzz looks back on a full year's worth of resources we've shared with Parent Centers and others. Many, many of these resources have been co-created by Parent Center staff...

Inclusion is about ALL of us. ~The Inclusion Network December is going to be a busy, busy month, and it starts with Inclusive School Week (December 4-8). This Buzz brings you resources on inclusion that you can use today, this month, and far into the future. Together,...

We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together. ~Bill Richardson This issue of the Buzz features a new product developed for Parent Centers by Parent Centers. If you missed the November webinar where we premiered this multi-faceted resource,...

Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo November is National Caregivers Awareness Month, so this issue of the Buzz brings you resources you can share with friends, families, and other caregivers. We all know how important...

Life's journey—it unfolds for you as you are ready for it. ~Ru Paul In honor of upcoming Halloween, this issue of the Buzz brings you many treats—tips for enjoying an inclusive Halloween, youth-related transition resources, and a recently archived CPIR webinar of...

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. ~Sitting Bull   This issue of the Buzz from the Hub features new resources from our colleagues within OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) network. Everyone has been...

Spotlight on: Back to School Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese proverb It's almost back-to-school time for most of us, and already back-in-school for many. So we are pleased to share with you some resources that you, in turn, can...