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School Lunch Tasting
I’ve mentioned before that Stephen really seems to enjoy his school lunches. Earlier this week, I had a chance to attend a school lunch tasting. Now I can see how truly lucky he is to have such a wide...
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You don’t have to go to Stanford
My alma mater, Stanford, is considering expanding the freshman class. For the past 35 years, the number of undergraduate students enrolled has been between 6,000 and 7,000. University President John...
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Applying to College Is Akin to Death
Proof that the whole college application process has made people go completely bonkers. Here’s what 17-year-old Jessica Assaf said in the Wall Street Journal about last year’s 13.5% low acceptance rate...
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So-Called Math Education
Who knew there were so many different ways to solve 26×31 or 133/6?! Life just keeps getting more complicated. Our poor kids are really in for it and therefore so are we, their poor parents. ARGH....
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Never Too Early
Hey, you slackers. Have you attended a college fair lately? No excuses. You can attend online college fairs just like this mother who’s getting a head start: Julie Richardson, a Virginia mother of two...
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These two videos feature a school for animals to teach them running, climbing, flying, and swimming. Animal School is a metaphor for the various skills children are taught in school and how they might...
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Decentering My Viewpoint
Oh puhleeease. For more on what kids are “learning” through play, check out Lilian’s post at Wrong Side of Thirty.
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Giftedness Not Required
from PostSecret For more interesting reading on giftedness, see A Very Modern Epidemic: Gifted Children at WSJ.com’s The Juggle. And for a peek into what being gifted is like in Singapore, check out...
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Edu-Parenting Style
Found this at The DreamBox Blog. Stephen’s been playing DreamBox math games. Highly recommended!
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