A Day of Storytelling along the Rio Grande
Storytelling is an inextricable trait of the human experience; it occurs naturally as we interact in any environment at any time, and in itself it is a truly effective tool for action. As Jerome Bruner puts it, ?we organize our experience and our memory of human happenings mainly in the form of narrative? (1991, p. […]
Wages for Workers with Disabilities: Mere Cents an Hour?
In 1938, the U.S. government offered a proposition for manufacturers that were not inclined to hire workers with disabilities: If the option for a ?subminimum wage? were available, then would those businesses consider opening their doors for those workers? This issue is what brought about the implementation of Section 14(c) in the Fair Labor Standards […]
Ideas in Motion at Explora
A precocious boy named Matthew, about 7 years old, leaps to catch a paper airplane I?ve thrown his way. And then he throws, and I hop to catch it. And back and forth we go. I got to help Matthew fold his favorite plane among the lot ? ideally constructed for swift, dynamic flight. And […]