Tag: Gardening
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The Chief Eternal Optimist of Bronx County
Stephen Ritz introduces himself as the “Chief Eternal Optimist of Bronx County”. It’s a place that needs optimism. The Bronx is a tough neighborhood with high unemployment and the rumble of food insecurity. The New York City Coalition Against Hunger reported in December, 2013 that nearly 49 percent of Bronx children lived in a household…
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STEM Learning in the Garden
Students can learn STEM by growing and studying in gardens STEM Learning in the Garden As teachers and administrators search for ways to improve student performance, they should look in the garden. Learning in the garden is real, alive and surprising. Here discoveries of “bugs!” and “worms!” are shouted out and children run to the…