As the NFL tries working through its lockout, one professional football player decided to teach youth from grades one through 12. In April, Denver Broncos safety David Bruton became a substitute social studies and math teacher at Jane Chance Elementary School and Miamisburg High School (his alma mater) in Ohio.

Bruton says he got the idea from his high school coach and teachers. Why did they think he was teacher material? Bruton says maybe it was because he performed well during his own high school and college years, and he had what it took to be a role model. His patience and persistence also helps, he says.

The NFL player naturally taught social studies because he majored in sociology at Notre Dame. But math came as a total surprise, he says. The last time Bruton took math courses was his first year in college. “I was definitely in the books, on my iPad looking up how to figure out quadratic equations and finding out angles,” he says.

Calling teachers “the guiding source of our youth,” Bruton says no one in such a position should take it lightly.

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ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have signed winger B.J. Crombeen to a two-year contract extension.
  
The team announced the deal Wednesday.
  
Crombeen would have been a restricted free agent on July 1. The 25-year-old has spent the past three seasons with the Blues, including a career high 80 games last season. He registered seven goals and 14 points. Crombeen has 26 goals and 53 points in 248 career games over four seasons.
  
Crombeen joins forwards Patrik Berglund and Vladimir Sobotka and defensemen Roman Polak and Nikita Nikitin to resign with the team before becoming restricted free agents.
  
Crombeen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the second round of the 2003 NHL draft. The Blues claimed him off waivers in 2008.
  

Welcome back to our third installment in our goal setting series! We’re excited to share more resources and information to help you along the way. Last week we talked about setting timely goals. This blog focuses on the power and importance of writing down your goals.

You’re probably thinking, why is it important to write down my goals? I know what they are in my mind, isn’t that enough?

Well, we’re here to tell you why writing down your goals is a key component of goal setting!

1. Writing out your goals sparks action, desire and motivation. It is the first step you should take to help you to get started on accomplishing your goals.

2. Writing your goals on paper makes them tangible. You can see them, feel them, touch them. Having them in writing makes them real and easier to visualize.

3. It allows you to be concise and clear about your goals. If you only think about your goals, you are less likely to determine clear objectives. Writing

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I find myself more and more interested in the growing debate over how much and what to teach high school students. I support the side that thinks all students should be given skills that will make them ready for college because the same abilities—to write, read, do math and manage their time—are necessary if they want good jobs or trade school slots after high school.

On the other side are those who think college prep for all is a failed experiment. They say it alienates too many students and must be replaced by vocational programs that get to the heart of what employers want without killing student interest with required essays on the Romance poets and the Federalist papers. A recent report by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which I trashed here, is the best and most complete recent example of this argument.

I hadn’t encountered any promising efforts to bring the two sides together until I saw “Untangling the Postsecondary Debate,” by Mike Rose, professor of social research methodology at UCLA, in the latest Education Week “Diplomas Count” report. He is criti

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Beyond the Classroom—Making the Most of Your Summer 

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

7-8PM EDT, 6-7 PM CDT, 5-6 PM MDT, 4-5 PM PDT

We all know that summer is a time to rest and recharge your batteries before the new school year.  But did you know it’s a also a great time to improve your college application resume?  Join Lee Stetson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stetson College Advisory, and the previous Dean of Undergraduate Admissions for the University of Pennsylvania, as he shares his insight with you about how to make the most of your summer break. Learn how to choose a field of interest to seek out jobs, internships, and volunteer work, as well as the importance of taking time for yourself to relax. Then find out how to reflect on what you have learned over the summer. Students and parents will have an opportunity to ask Mr. Stetso

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HIGH SCHOOL

Carlisle’s Lamb a Mizuno MVP

CARLISLE — Carlisle High School senior catcher Jake Lamb recently played for the Mizuno All-Ohio Blue (Southwest) Team and earned the Defensive Most Valuable Player award.

The top 80 Ohio seniors made up four regional teams and played in a round robin tournament June 10-11 at Veteran Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Lamb was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base, and he recorded two putouts. 

Lamb also was named to the Southwestern Buckeye League Buckeye Division first team, the Southwest Ohio Division III first team and to the second team All-Ohio.

In brief