Whetherdeserved or not~ gifted education has long been accused of being elitist. Some have claimed thatgifted students receive special treatment~ and...
Call it a clean sweep for Apple, as the Cupertino-based tech firm took home all of the top spots, including Brand of the Year, in a recent Harris...
You can only do so much.I wanted to expand an enrichment program I established at the school where I work~ but I just didnt have the man (or more...
Recently~ after giving a presentation on gifted education to students at the University of South Florida~ one of them asked about a topic that often...
Known as a leader in the Flash storage business, SanDisk is taking its first step into wireless territory with the release of two Wi-Fi-based...
I cannot begin to count the number of times I hear a statistic related to children and education that causes me to pause and ask additional questions...
I just had to e-mail this childs parents.Have you ever had a student do something that blew your mind~ and you just had to tell his or her parents?Im...
Parents and teachers who allow the children in their care to use Android devices are paying closer attention to content Google thinks they want....
I am very excited about my new short stories for social studies and I hope teachers will find them of value!Substitute Mrs. Purpilopolis brings her...
Another short news idea for your classroom:A new national park is being considered by Congress but don't expect to visit it any time soon. That's...
We know a great deal about the high school dropout problem. From the research of Robert Balfanz and others~ we know where dropouts are likely to come...
First Grade
Squiggles.
Indecipherable~ incomprehensible;
Foreign yet familiar.
Cherub faces eyeing pages.
Filled to bursting...
This week marks the five-year anniversary of Apple's App Store, and it appears that the event is sparking a sale. While Apple has been mum on the...
As the story goes~ little Gillians school life was a mess. Poor tests scores~ shabby work~ disorganized. Worse~ she couldnt sit still. After...
A colleague of mine just told me that in September, the fifth grade will not be offering the teaching of science. I am totally shocked. The students...
Traditionally~ the term gifted was considered a noun~ rather than a verb.Being gifted was something you are~ not something you do.That theory was...
Still working to gain market share, Microsoft's most recent OS has achieved a milestone of sorts, surpassing Vista as the third most-popular...
Using the News in your ClassroomHoming pigeons are known for their abilities to return back to a destination but it sees that one particular bird...
This week, while many kids are swimming, sleeping in late, and spending too many hours on Call of Duty and other video games, there is a group of 50...
In a country where we expect free WiFi with our coffee~ why shouldn't we have it in our schools?So asked President Barack Obama recently in...