February 2013
2 posts
"It's About Time" →
Did you know that February is National Time Management Month? This is a well laid-out lesson plan for getting your students to think about budgeting their time wisely. There is an emphasis on equating the concept that time is money, but there are also many suggestions for how students can organize their time. Find charts for students to use to make a daily schedule, a weekly and monthly planner,...
Feb 7th
America's best-value colleges of 2013 →
Feb 6th
January 2013
15 posts
It's Okay To Be Smart is now on YouTube! →
jtotheizzoe: Thank you, everyone. I want to start by saying that, because without all of you reading, sharing and supporting this science blog over the past couple years, today’s announcement would never be happening. Starting today, It’s Okay To Be Smart is also a YouTube series from PBS Digital Studios! I’ll be teaching you about science in fun, creative, unique and quirky ways, just like I...
Jan 28th
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Quality Feedback What Is It and How to Give It →
Jan 28th
ADHD in kids jumps 24 percent in a decade, study... →
Jan 23rd
Surviving the Middle School Years with your Gifted... →
Jan 21st
New Reading Standards Aim To Prep Kids For College... →
Jan 21st
Celebrating Inauguration Day and Martin Luther... →
Jan 21st
New Reading Standards Aim To Prep Kids For College... →
Jan 21st
AP Credits No Longer Accepted at Dartmouth →
Jan 18th
Advice for New Gifted Teachers →
Jan 18th
Jan 18th
An Invitation for High School Seniors to Write... →
Jan 7th
Common Core State Standards: A Good Fit for Gifted... →
Jan 7th
Highlighting Student Work →
Jan 7th
2013: The Big Themes in Learning →
Jan 7th
When Has a Teacher Inspired You? →
Jan 4th
December 2012
3 posts
De-grade your classroom and instead use narrative... →
Dec 20th
How your body responds to stress and anxiety →
Dec 13th
The Kahn Academy on the Fiscal Cliff →
Dec 13th
November 2012
18 posts
Key Shifts of the Common Core Standards for... →
Nov 26th
The Posse Foundation →
Nov 21st
Evaluating Arguments and Checking Sources →
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 18th
Learning Latin = higher SAT scores? →
Nov 15th
Does homework undermine learning? →
Nov 15th
My view: Ten myths about gifted students and... →
Nov 15th
Student Opinion: How Often Do You Cry? →
Nov 13th
Nov 13th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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PDE's Gifted Forms →
Nov 9th
What defines college readiness? →
Nov 9th
How to raise a prodigy →
Nov 2nd
A New Kind of Tutoring →
Nov 2nd
Full STEAM ahead: Arts, STEM and 21st century... →
Nov 2nd
October 2012
19 posts
Talk Nerdy to Me...How Scientists Can Increase... →
Oct 29th
STEM resources →
Oct 24th
STEM Starters for elementary →
Oct 23rd
Ask SAT and ACT Officials About Standardized... →
Oct 19th
Successful Info In and Out of the Classroom →
Oct 19th
“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen...”
–  Paulo Coelho
Oct 16th
When parents get "too invested" in the college... →
Oct 9th
“My model for business is the Beatles. They were four guys who kept each...”
–  Steve Jobs (“60 Minutes,” 2003)
Oct 9th
The Teen Brain →
Oct 8th
Solving America's Math Problem →
Oct 8th
2012 College Applications Insight →
Oct 8th
Schools' gifted program gets new curriculum →
Oct 5th