Jim's News You Can Use

My new career as a middle school teacher leaves me with very little time to blog, but I am making time today to write about this upcoming ...

The instructors in Career Switchers warned us time and again...there would be no free time during the first year of teaching.  In the one mo...

Earlier I wrote about my experiences transitioning from a flagging radio career to a new career as a teacher.  Here are some of the challen...

"I can't afford to pay you."  Those words were delivered to me by my boss more a than a year ago, when he announced he would b...

Spotted something interesting this morning in Google News Reader, which I use to track various media outlets from the Outer Banks to Richmon...

How much of a return will you get on the $40,000-plus you invested in your (or your child's) education in a Virginia college?  A new too...

Norfolk's Nauticus museum is holding an American Red Cross blood drive this Monday, October 8th, from 10am to 4pm.  Donors will receive ...