[DDN] New Resources for Middle School Educators

2006-08-04 Thread pronto30
The New Jersey Consortium for Middle Schools at Kean Univesity is pleased to announce the launch of a special website devoted to topical links for middle level educators. The result of meticulous research into web resources that will of particular value to educators at the middle level, the

RE: RE: [DDN] MTV pro social youth initiative grant

2005-06-03 Thread pronto30
Siobhan, I can do nothing but thank you for sending along the message about thinkMTV. I hope you don't think that any of my railing was directed at you; I saw you as a messenger on this. I really appreciate that you thought enough of DDN to post the information. Sincerely, Jim Lerman

Re: [DDN] MTV pro social youth initiative grant

2005-06-01 Thread pronto30
This initiative disgusts me. It's like the cigarette companies giving money to arts programs. If there is any media entity doing more to undermine the values and culture of young people than MTV, we should run a contest to identify it. The racism, misogyny, and materialism of MTV's continuous

Re: [DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-22 Thread pronto30
Congratulations to Andy and to all the others who work so hard to spread the word! Of all the lists I'm on (and I'm on a lot) this is one that I'm really proud of. Andy, you're the glue that holds it all together. Best wishes, Jim Lerman -Original Message- From: Andy Carvin [EMAIL