By Ann Puntis and Melanie Hilton

Today’s college graduates are looking at the big picture — towards the world of multinational corporations and the lucrative jobs they can offer. According to CNN Money’s 2013 survey of the “World’s Top Employers For New Grads,” firms like Google, Ernst and Young, Goldman Sachs and PWC top students’ rankings. But what does it take to make it in the world of multinational corporations? For one thing, you must show a...

Common Core standards. District initiatives. Testing and more testing. Challenging curriculum and enrichment.

In our daily hustle and bustle, when is there time to address the social-emotional aspect of gifted education?

That’s been a question I have struggled with ever since I began teaching gifted children about six years ago.

I’ve read dozens of articles and books on the topic and tried all kinds of clever ways to expose my students to perfectionism, sensitivity,...

"If you simply want to have the most toys at the end of life, you might get away with Bad or Compromised Grit. But if you pursue goals beyond self-aggrandizement, as the aforementioned heroes have done, then you can do well both for yourself and for the world."  --  Howard Gardner

Seems Santa isn't the only one that relies on reindeer to get things done.Police in Siberia are thinking of a new way to fight crime...using reindeer! 
Seems that snowmobiles are no match for chasing crooks in the deep snow and reindeer may be the answer. Reindeer have the ability to see in the dark. Reindeer eyes seen...