by Whitney | Sep 8, 2013 | education
This morning, I read a New York Times opinion piece called “The Great Stagnation of American Education” by Robert Gordon. My first thoughts were that it contained a lot of useful information about how important education is for long term earning...
by Whitney | Mar 20, 2013 | education
A local school received a threat early this week, and the specifics were frightening but not clear and specified today’s date for the mayhem. The school district acted appropriately in every regard, in terms of searches of the school, and searches of kids...
by Whitney | Mar 11, 2013 | Discovery, education, new media, Uncategorized
I’ve been playing in the web/tech space for over 8 years now. Between learning how to podcast when the tools were more primitive and labor intensive, to hopping on social networks when they were still brand new, to cruising Kickstarter for new ideas and...
by Whitney | Jun 15, 2012 | education
My son attended a camp last summer in iPhone/iPod app development, and will be going again this summer. He had a great time, and came away from the experience with a simple, fun app he made, and the ability to jail break iphones, which seemed pretty impressive for a...
by Whitney | May 29, 2012 | education
StudentsFirst.org just sent me an email with the following text: “Students, parents and community leaders are gathering in front of City Hall on Wednesday and I hope you will join us! Our message — Pennsylvania students need more quality school options....