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Education: it’s not on the test
Dr Thomas M Kemnitz, publisher, President of Royal Fireworks Press, and contributor to the new editions of The Word Within The Word and Caesar’s English, talks about how new technology allows us to...
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Reasoning with concepts opens the mind
Dr Shelagh Gallagher shares her insights on conceptual learning Goodbye, Bugs Ogden Nash Some insects feed on rosebuds And others feed on carrion Between them they devour the earth. Bugs are...
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“Gifted youth are our future”
Royal Fireworks Press is proud to be associated with the Institute for Educational Advancement. Elizabeth Jones, President and Founder of the Institute writes… At the Institute for Educational...
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From Michael Clay Thompson
Assessing the Cult of Assessment Those new to the MCT language arts curriculum can be puzzled by the absence of sets of stock worksheets and assessments, which other curricula commonly include as the...
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Venn: Is it Analysis? A Blog Post from Dr Shelagh Gallagher
Bloom’s taxonomy (and its re-articulation by Anderson et al.) contains a wealth of detailed information about different levels of thinking. Unfortunately, the taxonomy is rarely presented in enough...
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Professor James J Gallagher: Advocacy for Gifted Education a national priority.
ADVOCACY: A Mandate for Education of Gifted Students (and protection for us all) by James J. Gallagher As we seek support for educating gifted students, we must accept the fact that our advocacy...
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Common Core and American Nonfiction: Some Thoughts from MCT
Common Core and American Nonfiction: Some Thoughts Michael Clay Thompson The Common Core standards have now been adopted in the majority of states, to our relief or disappointment, depending upon our...
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Why teach about genocide?
Seattle teacher, Brian Crawford, describes why he has written a novel about the Rwandan genocide. The Weaver’s Scar: For Our Rwanda. As a teacher, I always need to know why I am teaching a lesson...
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No Less Than the Trees and the Stars: a re-blog.
Stephanie S Tolan’s blog of May 7th 2014, with her reflections on life and the nature of giftedness after a traumatic year We are grateful for her permission to post this powerful piece here. In the...
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Why is learning to read difficult for some otherwise gifted children? By Optometrist, Kenneth A. Lane, O.D. There is nothing more heartbreaking than to see your bright and happy child struggle with...
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Reading: Not a Spectator Sport
Guest Blog Reading is not a spectator sport: students must be actively engaged. By Steve Loe, school principal and author. In my novel The Glimpsing Book, published by Royal Fireworks Press, one of the...
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Evaluation
I’ve always had a certain mistrust of evaluation. Haven’t you, too? by Michael Clay Thompson, author of the Royal Fireworks Language Arts Curriculum The warning signs are plentiful. Do you remember...
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Today’s Blog: On Praise and Criticism
Whether it’s the latest inventions of Apple, or an innovative movie, or Shakespeare’s plays, it is all too easy, and cheap, just to look at the flaws says Michael Clay Thompson. One of the most...
View ArticleWhy Royal Fireworks? What’s in a Name?
Why Royal Fireworks? I like Handel very much both as the first composer of the world where a paying audience was important as well as for his music. One of the great pieces of all time is Alexander’s...
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The Relevance of Walden Today
by Anne G. Faigen, author of Finding Her Way When I began to write Finding Her Way I had a distinct purpose in mind, grounded in my classroom experience. A teacher of high school honors English, I...
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A blog post from Michael Clay Thompson about the life-changing moments that...
How, when, and why his Language Arts Curriculum began. In my history with Royal Fireworks Press, there have been two momentous events without which the MCT curriculum would never have been possible....
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We must advocate for real reading…and it is a question not only of quality...
Michael Clay Thompson’s blog post on putting serious fiction and non-fiction back in place in schools. If I ruled the world (I recently observed that this is increasingly unlikely), every school system...
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Blog: The interdisciplinary concept of the RFP Vocabulary Program
The nonfiction readings are one of the most important elements of the new revisions. By Michael Clay Thompson Michael Clay Thompson Royal Fireworks recently announced a new revision of my Word Within...
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Author Blog by Sharon Kaye: The Importance of Philosophy
Philosophy is the story of brave thinkers who can change the world. Dr. Sharon Kaye Here’s a question for you: What is your touchstone book? The book that changed your life. The book that made you...
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Giftedness isn’t something you outgrow.
By Stephanie S. Tolan, author of Out of Sync: Essays on Giftedness. Stephanie Tolan was honored by North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented with the 2016 Lyn Aubrecht Parent of the Year...
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