As a brief New Haven Independent article reported, my wife was among 55 new U.S. citizens who participated in a recent naturalization ceremony.  The reporter was a biased source – her husband.  In the piece, my aim was to connect immigration and immigrants (including refugees) to U.S. history and civics.

A similar version is at Medium, which was mentioned in a December 24 post below.

For Martin Luther King Jr. Day, my son and I watched the film “Selma” – which Americans of (virtually) all ages can learn from and appreciate. 

I reminded my son of our family visit, in August 2013, to D.C. around the 50^th anniversary of the March on Washington – and that his Grandpa (my father) participated in the original march, at which he heard Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis (among others) speak.

Teachers in the New Haven Public Schools are exploring four seminar options for 2016, through the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, in response to colleagues’ requests. 

Numerous teacher-developed curricular resources, across the disciplines, are available via the Institute and the related Yale National Initiative to strengthen teaching in public schools.

It’s National Mentoring Month, with an annual summit January 27-29.

As noted on the LiteracyEveryday blog a year ago, there are many mentoring opportunities, both locally and nationally.