Another rawking good post by Tamara Fisher at “Unwrapping the Gifted” entitled Advanced Readers. (God, I love that woman. The fact that she’s a teacher and saying what says just means the world to me.) I hadn’t even finished it when I jumped down and starting pounding away in her comments box, but then thought, [...]
Archive for August 13th, 2008
Tamara, Here’s My Scream
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged education, Gifted, highly gifted, MAP-R, MSA, NCLB, reading, School, standardized testing, testing, verbally gifted on August 13, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Give that Mom a Medal
Posted in In the News, tagged attention, education, Gifted, maryland, michael phelps, parenting, School, swimming on August 13, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I really enjoyed the story that popped up on the New York Times over the weekend featuring Deborah Phelps, mother of Olympian Michael Phelps. The story, Parenting – Phelps’s Mother Recalls Helping Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus, tells of what it was like to raise young Michael, who teachers felt had Attention Deficit Disorder. As [...]
Midway…er…Carnival of Education
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
County fairs, state fairs, carnivals…it’s the time of year to dive into the sweaty mass of humanity and marvel at the tattoos countless methods man has to devised to overload stimulate the senses. But no need to leave your house. Just check out Joanne Jacobs, the edu-blogger who seems to pop up on everyone’s blogroll. [...]
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