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Speak Up!
With all the debating and promises and agendas during the presidential debate, something struck a cord with me. Clinton at one point has...
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Winding Down...
I can't quite pin point what it is, but I am always exhausted this time of the year. As students begin their decline into summer, they...
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Are you engaging?
Found and article through TAGT's newsletter about engaging the gifted learner--jumped a link to another article by Jeffrey Shoemaker...
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A Century Later...
One hundred years ago... A woman apparently ahead of the gifted education game, possibly the original gifted guru, Leta Setter...
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Is IQ Testing the Best Option?
How do we identify? How do we identify those people groups who are under represented? Gifted has been defined as a function of IQ, but,...
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Purpose Based Learning
Read a validating post from one of my favorite blogs, Upcyled Education, on purpose based learning. This phrase seems to flow with what...
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[Long]Pause For Thought
So much rattling around in my brain lately. Which is why I have been silent. I am one of those who process before output. Pause for...
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The Gifted Label
I really like this blog I have stumbled upon: Teachery Confessions. Blogger has a fresh way of voicing the thoughts rambling around in...
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Makerspaces!
#educationreform #maker #makerspace #creativelearning #makerfaire #education #giftededucation
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Is College Next?
Nikhil Goyal-- you have me convinced! There are other paths to higher education than just college. In his book, One Size Does Not Fit...