Need STEM Teachers? Look to Older Adults

Need STEM Teachers? Look to Older Adults

By | Apr 22, 2018

“With jobs, as with parties, it is best to leave when you are still having a good time.” With that, British business columnist Lucy Kellaway announced in late 2016 that she would no longer write the columns that had made her a revered figure in Britain for three...
Need STEM Teachers? Look to Older Adults

Need STEM Teachers? Look to Older Adults

By | Apr 22, 2018

“With jobs, as with parties, it is best to leave when you are still having a good time.” With that, British business columnist Lucy Kellaway announced in late 2016 that she would no longer write the columns that had made her a revered figure in Britain for three...
We Are the Elders Who Remain.

We Are the Elders Who Remain.

By | Feb 26, 2018

As the people in Pittsburgh begin to bury their loved ones, massacred inside the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday, my thoughts turn to my own father’s funeral last year and a passage from the Talmud read that day. It’s the story of a rabbi passing through a field,...

Who won The Encore Prize?

By | Oct 17, 2017

Critical Bridge and Hire Autism win $50,000 awards to bring mentors over 50 into the lives of young people who need champions Excitement was in the air, as the five finalists for The Encore Prize gave their three-minute pitches to a live audience of 125 people in...

Summer’s here. What are you reading?

By | Jul 10, 2017

I’m no fan of bugs and heat, and I’m not great at rest and relaxation, but I do love baseball (most years) and books. If you’re looking for encore reading this summer, I hope you’ll check out these great new titles. Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to...