I See The Potential
We’ve had such a great response to the Wrightslaw Conference and so much fantastic support from the business community that we’ve decided to add a special BONUS to this conference for FREE!!!! FREE March 11th Pre-Conference Friday Night “Experts Sessions” We’ve gathered some of the top experts in this state to share their expertise on [...]
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Healthy eating, nutrition, and understanding what food labels are REALLY saying were all topics covered in our grocery shopping tour with guest, Kimberly Lord Stewart. Ms. Stewart is the author of Eating Between the Lines: The Supermarket Shopper’s Guide to the Truth Behind Food Labels. She is the recipient of two 2004 Association of Food Journalist awards [...]
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“We want people that can feel the Math ….” Use computers to make MATH education work, come alive and dramatically change the way our kids see Math in the real world… And while we’re at it …… why stop with just Math? Think of how many other subjects we could revolutionize by embracing, instead of [...]
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“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me “Superman” did not exist. Cause even in the depths of the ghetto you just thought he was coming …. She thought I was crying because it’s like …. (he’s) not real. I was crying because no one was coming with enough [...]
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On Sunday, August 1st we had the opportunity to interview MI Gubernatorial hopeful Rick Snyder. We were able to hit many topics that, based on reader and listener feedback, you told us were important to you and other parents and grandparents out there including: business leadership vs political leadership, education, public private partnerships in education, [...]
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I support the idea of Autism Insurance legislation. But I’ll confess that I struggle with it…quite a bit actually. I consider myself a libertarian leaning conservative so in my opinion the smaller, less intrusive we can get our government to be the better. So, for obvious reasons my support of the idea of mandated Autism [...]
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We’re hearing lots of hype about the Apple Ipad this week and I have to admit that after checking one out myself it’s a pretty impressive little tool. The question of course is …. what kind of tool is it really? It’s easy to criticize it as just a blown up IPod, Ipod Touch, Iphone, [...]
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As a special “thank you” to all of our friends and in honor of Autism Awareness Month (and oddly enough Stress Awareness Month – coincidence that these two are both in the same month?) we are offering the following My Great Kid – Help My Kid Giveaway What are we giving away …….
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Which classroom would you prefer? This one …. or this one … In Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns (and in our interview with him), co-author Michael Horn argues (amongst other things) that student-centric classrooms are not only the way most children would prefer to learn but also the [...]
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We talk a lot about educational reform on this blog …. this isn’t what we mean. Illinois State House Backs Four Day School Weeks This idea is so catastrophically stupid that the fact that a politician would come up with the idea …. much less approve it with a vote of 81-21 stuns me. I’m [...]
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Michael B. Horn, co-author of “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns” will be our guest on this week’s “My Great Kid Radio Program”. Here’s some links to check out if you’d like to learn more about Mr. Horn and the book before the interview… Download an excerpt from the [...]
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Proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and the ability to compose a coherent written sentence ….. should any of these be part of the job requirements to be a school board president? Do DPS control the Foundation or outside group? If an outside group control the foundation, then what is DPS Board row with selection of is [...]
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Our Guest: Sir Ken Robinson, Expert on Creativity, Education & Human Potential Listen to our interview with Sir Ken ~ HERE (or visit the link on the bottom of this post to listen and download the interview) We live in a country with a broken educational system. Now, factions on all sides of the issue [...]
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