League of Education Voters

This is the same author who wrote Blink and the Tipping Point, both really interesting books. This latest book is based on a theme that it takes 10,000 hours to be an expert at something and that you need a particular set of circumstances to be really successful. Basically, be in the right place at [...]

Meet Andrew!

School: University of Florida
Major: History
Favorite Subject: African History
Why are you interning at LEV: I’m a strong advocate of education
What does the future hold? Finish up my senior year at UF
Spare time? Hosting social gatherings
In Kindergarten…? I wanted to be a baseball player because I really liked playing baseball.
Favorite TV shows? Family Guy, Southpark, and [...]

Dr. Bette Hyde has been on the job as director of the Department of Early Learning (DEL) for a short time – but she has been busy. She has crisscrossed the state, meeting with children, parents, and early educators to increase DEL’s understanding of the real issues facing families today. Last week Dr. Hyde visited [...]

Hi, I’m an intern at LEV this summer. I wanted to introduce myself since I’ll be blogging every week. My name is Xuan, I’m an upcoming senior at Garfield High School as well as a Rainier Scholar.
The mission of Rainier Scholars is to “cultivate the academic potential of talented and motivated young scholars from ethnic [...]

If you are cool enough to read our blog, chance are you are a big fan of Publicola. I know I am.  That’s why I’m going to their party tonight. The open bar is just an added bonus.
Here is the invite from their website:
Please join the Cola staff (including les Nerds) tomorrow, Wednesday, July 1 [...]