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New, free book from Ruby Payne: Before You Quit Teaching
May 28, 2019Tools, Resources, and Hope for New Teachers in High-Poverty Classrooms Will teaching ever be worth it? Bad news first: Teachers, especially new teachers, are often undervalued, underequipped, and unprepared for the reality of high-poverty classrooms. The result is frustration, fear, and a loss of idealism and enthusiasm, fatal flaws for... View Article
Bridges coauthor on primary care in nurse practitioners journal
May 23, 2019Bridges coauthor on primary care in JAANP Bridges to Health and Healthcare coauthor and aha! Process consultant Terie Dreussi-Smith collaborated on a journal article last year. The one-year embargo has ended, and we are now pleased to be able to offer the article to the public via our website. Read... View Article
Newest poverty statistics available now
May 13, 2019When new poverty statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau become available, aha! Process compiles the relevant data in easy-to-use formats. Please download the PowerPoint slides featuring the latest poverty statistics today. For a more detailed description of the changes from last year to this year, please visit the U.S. Census... View Article
NHL team honors Getting Ahead While Getting Out facilitator
May 9, 2019Raymond Pawlicki is a Getting Ahead While Getting Out champion. He was recently recognized by the Tampa Bay Lightning professional hockey team for his work providing prison reentry along with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. The NHL team made a celebratory video about Pawlicki, and they gifted him... View Article
Classroom crisis: Teachers are leaving their jobs
May 6, 2019A recent story from the NBC affiliate in Portland, Oregon, reports that increasing levels of verbal and physically violent classroom disruptions are causing teachers to leave their schools. “This one student was daily, by the hour, getting up, bullying kids, putting his hands on kids,” says one teacher in the... View Article
Emotional Poverty wins Independent Publisher IPPY Award
May 3, 2019Author and educational speaker Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., won an Independent Publisher’s (IPPY) award in the education category for her latest book, Emotional Poverty in All Demographics: How to Reduce Anger, Anxiety, and Violence in the Classroom. The book, published in 2018, was recognized as one of the top three... View Article
Neighboring 101 video captures message of Getting Ahead
May 2, 2019This video is an oldie but a goodie. The testimonials from Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World graduates in Shawnee, Oklahoma, really capture the spirit of Getting Ahead. These are the kinds of results that are possible when communities focus resources on lifting up those who live in poverty.
2019 IPPY Award winners exhibit compassion and dedication to changing the world
May 1, 2019The medalists in the 23rd Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards have been announced, and if you are looking for a more enjoyable “beach read” than The Mueller Report, our list of independently published stand-outs is for you. Launched in 1996 and conducted each year to honor the year’s best independently... View Article
BB&T ‘Bank Bus’ brought in by Bucks County Opportunity Council
April 11, 2019The Bucks County Opportunity Council joined forces with BB&T bank to bring that bank’s Bank Bus to Bucks County. Bank users and unbanked individuals alike were invited to visit. The mobile banking and education unit provides free information, credit reports, and tax services. It’s really more like a mobile classroom... View Article
Getting Ahead mental model from Ruben Perez and Phil DeVol
April 10, 2019aha! Process national consultant Ruben Perez and Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World author Phil DeVol have developed a new mental model for Getting Ahead. In this short video, DeVol walks you through the model. Share this with anyone thinking of implementing Getting Ahead in their community. Bridges Out of... View Article