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Petrilli did it. I don’t know why, but despite my frequent pleas to get outside and take a kid fishing it was this picture of Fordham’s Mike Petrilli fishing with his kids that has prompted several emails and calls from colleagues asking, ‘I want to do this, but how?’ One person even said that he …
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It’s winter so fishing is a bit more scarce – although I am getting out this weekend for an annual trip for trout. They’re already wet and cold so seem not to mind the weather. But education consultant Julie Corbett sent along some warmer weather fishing pics. What strikes me is how engaged the kids …
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Here’s David DeSchryver of Whiteboard Advisors with some fantastic fish pics from a day of fishing on Lake George in the Adirondacks late this summer. David’s one of the savviest analysts of ed policy around and also a very good cyclist, which is unusual because he’s also a fantastic triathlete. Big smiles are a good reason …
Summer is speeding by so here’s a reminder that if you can pull it off then take a kid fishing while the weather is good and the days are long. Not sure how, here are some tips. Easier and more fun than you might think. Bellwether’s Jason Weeby takes this advice: Here he is with his …
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It’s almost the end of summer so time for a periodic PSA. Get outside! Find time some weekend and take a kid fishing -it’s good for them and for you! Here’s Bellwether’s Jason Weeby out with his son on the same water he fished as a kid. How do I do that you ask? No special …
Here’s a lovely picture of the daughter of Ellevation’s Jordan Meranus enjoying a day on the Colorado River near its headwaters last month. It’s not her first time on the blog, here’s one from 2007. If you want to browse the world’s largest collection of education types with fish, more than 100 pictures, including – …
This week’s TIME column is about science teaching. If you’re not happy with our science achievement there is something we can all do – get kids outside more. It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, so let’s start this column with a nod to my 9th-grade science teacher, Bruce Butler, who lit a spark in me by making …
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Kevin Kosar lives the ‘take a kid fishing‘ lifestyle. He’s a frequent fish pic contributor around here, sometime guestblogger, and has locked horns, or rather antlers, with Ali Fuller about who runs the show. In any event, here’s his daughter, Anna, who is something of an accomplished angler already at 7, with a catfish at …
A lot of higher education news today, it’s curated for you at RealClearEducation. It’s cold and rainy in D.C. and doesn’t feel like baseball weather but it’s also the Nationals home opener. And it’s Bobby Doerr’s birthday. He is 98 today. In birthday news closer to the education world today’s the birthday of a terrific education …
Bill Tucker is senior advisor at the Gates Foundation working on the U.S. Program’s College Ready work. This summer he and his family took an Alaska trip. And they did this: And that involved this… ..and this… …and some of this! You know what’s coming…take a kid fishing! It doesn’t have to be in Alaska …
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