Although I haven’t been posting at my normal steady pace, that doesn’t mean that I’m not keeping up with what happening out there in Ed World. And there have been several ed threads/stories/blog posts in the last two weeks that you should be sure not to miss. Jay Mathews on Gifted Ed Reacting to news [...]
Archive for December 23rd, 2009
Recent Ed Stories Not to Be Missed
Posted in Gifted, In the News, School on December 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Big Snow and Boots on the Ground
Posted in Home Life, tagged boots, Boston, shopping, snowstorm, teens on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was in Boston over the weekend, and just because I missed the Great DC Freakout Snow of 2009 didn’t mean that I wasn’t here in spirit. C. and I hopped a very early flight north on Friday and when we landed I already was in–as my family lovingly likes to call it– “killer poodle [...]
Daniel Lippman: Boy Copy Editor
Posted in Gifted, In the News, tagged verbally gifted on December 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Never heard of Daniel Lippman? Neither had I until Husband Dear emailed a link to a story about him in Politico, with the subject line “Verbally Gifted Kid” and one sentence: “There is a future.” The 19-year-old sophomore at George Washington University has become the Washington press corps’ independent fact checker, copy editor and link [...]