Just came across one of Bill Gates’ newest internet projects. Apparently for years he has wanted to make a series of Richard Feynman lectures that he had seen available to the public. They are now up Feynmann Lectures – TUVA project

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In February, we wrote, here, about one of Bellevue School District’sLilia Kol finest teachers, . Though her excellence needs no confirmation (at least for US!!!), we’ve recently found that Mrs. Kol won a Teacher Recognition Award in the 2009 Presidential Scholars Program. She was nominated by former student and 2009 Presidential Scholar, Brian Reiser, as the person most influential to his education.

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The following comes from my favorite kid counselor, Margit Crane. If you’ve been thinking about counseling, she is THE person to see: Read the rest of this entry »

If you are interested in PRISM or have a kid currently in PRISM, here’s an event for you that I guarantee will be worth your time! On Tuesday June 23rd at IHS in the theatre, Bellevue’s Gifted Program and the PRISM Foundation have gathered a great group of kids to talk about leaving Bellevue and heading to college. Should be of interest to anyone with any aspirations of getting their kids into exceptional schools.

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A friend just sent me this info on a Disney sponsored grant for voluntary public service projects by kids 5-14. It’s a little late unless you already ahve something in the works but, for next year, I hope that someone can utilize this:

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After last weeks blow-up with the school board, we got a little curious about how parents can best bring things to the attention of the board for action. The following is the conclusions of one of my teachers who looked into the issue:

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Wow! For those of you not on the mailing list, the e-mails are flying fast and furious with parents concerned about math education on one side and the district on the other. Per my previous post, a group of parents went to present a letter asking Bellevue School District to halt their evaluation of a new math curriculum for the high school level until the state had finished it’s own evaluation. They were apparently asked to not read the letter as the members of the board were already acquainted with it. Well, that lit the fuse! Since then the Bellevue Reporter has been contacted, people are quoting chapter and verse of state code and Amelia Cudeiro, the new superintendent, who doesn’t even start until July 1st, has weighed in on the process.

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