Lesley Tabor

Recent Activity

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  Lesley commented on the petition | 4 days ago

  Reject Albany's Proposed Live Music Tax

  This is an appalling burden to put on small cafes, cabarets, and musicians!

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  Lesley signed the petition | 4 days ago

  Reject Albany's Proposed Live Music Tax
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  Lesley signed the petition | 11 days ago

  Pass the Return to Prudent Banking Act and Restore Glass-Steagall
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  Lesley signed the petition | over 2 years ago

  Tell Senate Leader Reid: Stop the Abortion Coverage Ban
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  Lesley commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  I have a Dream - That Obama will have Vision

  As a grandmother and someone concerned about children's welfare, I agree with Charlotte Spears about the importance of respecting and working with children's individuality and ways of learning.  And of course I recognize that this requires more money for teachers, more teachers so there can be more individual attention.I am disturbed that in the posts so far no one has addressed the issue of social development, or emotional intelligence.  I have only recently begun researching this topic, but there appear to be some school districts having good success in improving children's ability to deal with their feelings, and thus with each other and the world at large, by using such programs (Social Development, PATHS, Casel) school-wide.  Producing good citizens, who work well with and care about others, should be as important an educational as producing scientists and other academic achievers.  I have read that in schools where social development programs are part of the school culture, performance in academic areas improves.   I have also heard it suggested that making such learning part of the peer culture of a student body could be more effective than individual work with an adult (counseling) or even a parent.  I don't know if there's any research on this, but it has a common-sense ring to me.