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Math Geek Mom: Learning to Learn

I attended a Montessori kindergarten, and so it was with great interest that I picked up a book recently outlining...
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Long Distance Mom: Bridging Cultural Divides -- Across the Universe

For many of us, the political, social or cultural gaps we experience with our students may feel at times like...
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The Assessment Impasse

To bury the debates about whether to measure student learning, higher education -- and the new education secretary -- should do the hard work of figuring out the higher skills that students should have, writes Merilee Griffin.
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Man Bites Dog

My cc has been getting an unusual amount of local press attention lately. The press attention has been largely positive...
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ABCs and PhDs: Little Hackers

It’s something every parent has experienced … the mournful cries of a sick child in the middle of the night...
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The Mind on Fire

Ralph Waldo Emerson ... writing instructor? Scott McLemee signs up for a workshop with the sage of Concord.
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The Boy's Letter to President Obama

The Boy wrote a letter to President Obama in class, and brought it home today. In its entirety: Dear Mr...
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Pretty v. Ugly at the University

Bernard Madoff is a classic Mafia-style gangster. He comes from gangsters - his mother was a crook. Investigators are looking...