Scripting is a love language. Scripting is an expression of trust. Scripting is playful. Scripting is communicative. Scripting is magical. Scripting is meaningful. . . . So script with your Neurodivergent students. Repeat, echo, recite. Relish in the joy this brings your students, in the strength it can give your relationship. . . . Last week I got to recite a recipe--probably from YouTube?--for making Shopkins cupcakes with a student. And he LOVED it. He loved that I would echo his phrases, imi

“Music is an international language.” — Dizzy Gillespie On this day in 1975, Dizzy brought his Big 7 to the Montreux Jazz Festival—an all-star, international lineup featuring Milt Jackson, Johnny Griffin, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, and more. Together, they lit up the Swiss stage with a performance that proved what Dizzy always believed: jazz—especially bebop—transcends borders. In this archival interview, Dizzy recalls how a simple phrase could bridge cultures. From Tokyo to Montreux, all he had to