From the monthly archives:

November 2009

My Great Kid Radio: Mental Math w/ Arthur Benjamin

by Steve on 20, November, 2009

This week we interviewed Dr. Arthur Benjamin – a Mathematician and Mathemagician. Now normally ….. Math would not be the kind of topic I would want to spend a lot of time talking about. So let me explain why I chose to pick this as a topic and Dr. Benjamin as our expert [...]

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My Great Kid Radio: John Gatto & The American Education System

by Steve on 15, November, 2009

On Nov. 8th we had the honor of speaking with educational expert, John Taylor Gatto, about the current state of the American educational system.
Some startling (and scary) educational statistics to consider……
1 in 5 American Children Drops Out Of High School
Some schools the graduation rate is only 50% ….. or worse. Some a whole lot worse (Detroit [...]

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My Great Kid Radio:All About Twitter w/ Leslie Poston

by Steve on 14, November, 2009

On the “My Great Kid” Radio show we had a great interview with Leslie Poston, social media expert and co-author of “Twitter For Dummies”. Leslie not only shared a lot with us about Twitter but also a ton about “social media” in general and what it means both for us as parents but also [...]

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