Yes, My Gifted Child is a Know-It-All: A Case for Acceleration

Thursday, September 17, 2015

“Mom, I swear, they must have put me in remedial math. I am the only one who knows what is going on—I know everything!”   This was my…

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Dear Teacher, My Gifted Child is in Your Class

Friday, August 21, 2015

Dear Teacher, Welcome back to school. My child is so happy to be in your class this year. We know you are an excellent and dedicated teacher and…

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Gifted Children: What Parents Want Teachers to Know

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Gifted children are misunderstood and so very often miseducated, and they may even be bullied, envied and shunned. Being gifted is not at all what many people believe it to…

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Gifted Children Stuck in the No Passing Zone

Thursday, July 9, 2015

No Child Gets Ahead   No Child Gets Out Alive   Double Back Around To Pick Up The Children We Left Behind Act   No Child Left Untested…

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Achievement & Success. We’ve Got This All Wrong

Sunday, June 21, 2015

ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHOOL Invoking visions of triumphant moments filled with straight A’s, honor roll awards and valedictorian speeches, achievement is a popular, trending educational enigma we hate to…

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I’m a Mom of a Gifted Child

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Reflections on guilt, t-shirts, loneliness, heartache and fitting in Who would have thought that cleaning out my gifted child’s closet—sorting through the keepsakes, the clothes to donate, and…

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My Guest Post Over at Laughing at Chaos

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Have you read Jen’s blog, Laughing at Chaos, yet? Oh, you should! Jen has this sense of humor like no one else, and she spices up each and…

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Education Week Commentary

Friday, May 15, 2015

One of my articles was featured in Education Week–“Gifted Education Is About the Whole Child“.

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My Guest Post at Through a Stronger Lens

Sunday, May 10, 2015

I wrote a guest post for Nikki Linn for her blog, Through a Stronger Lens–Seeing the World Through Gifted Eyes. Nikki writes such touching, revealing and honest posts about…

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My Guest Post at JadeAnnRivera.com

Monday, May 4, 2015

Jade Rivera is a brilliant proponent of progressive education. What is progressive education? It is the right  education for each child. Head on over to Jade’s website and see…

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