Archive for November, 2012

Focused brains are deaf, blind to monkey business

Focused brains are deaf, blind to monkey business

The Edge of Education November 28, 2012 at 1:53 pm Comments are Disabled

My wife called me at school the other day with some frightening news.  Our oldest daughter was in the emergency room with an allergic reaction.   […]

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The minimalist guide to teen time management

The minimalist guide to teen time management

The Edge of Education November 21, 2012 at 11:30 am Comments are Disabled

Last week I mentioned an email I’d gotten from a parent looking for answers about how best to overcome some very common adolescent hurdles: “Hi […]

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What good parents do

What good parents do

The Edge of Education November 14, 2012 at 10:09 am Comments are Disabled

The other day I got an email from a parent (let’s call her Sally) with comments and fears so common that I just had to […]

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Breaking: Old dog learns new trick

Breaking: Old dog learns new trick

The Edge of Education November 7, 2012 at 11:51 am Comments are Disabled

In 1983 Howard Gardner published a groundbreaking book about intelligence entitled “Frames of Mind.”  In it he challenged the long-held idea that we could definitively […]

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Testing our way to the top

Testing our way to the top

The Edge of Education November 2, 2012 at 1:40 pm Comments are Disabled

In his book, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goldman relates an ongoing study tracking valedictorians and salutatorians from the class of 1981.  The study relates that by […]

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