Common Core, part 2: What’s in there, anyway?
Okay, I’m back from Idaho and ready to start the new year! We have some big plans here at GriffinEd World Headquarters; I’ll be sharing those with you soon, but … Read More
The Common Core, part 1: Standards vs. Curriculum
I’ve been reading and hearing a lot of discussion recently about the new common academic standards that most states are adopting; much of the discussion appears to be based on … Read More
My first residency is done
A while back I was invited to be an Artist-In-Residence for LA’s BEST, an after-school program providing Title-1 students in Los Angeles with quality academic enrichment at no cost to … Read More
Cover Art, part 1
Phew! I had a stretch there where it seemed like I was always either packing, unpacking, or on the road to the next show, convention, or writing workshop. The toughest … Read More
Too. Much. Fun.
Oh my. I just spent a long weekend in San Diego (yes, again and I’m not sorry) doing five writing workshops for kids, three live shows, two panel discussions, one … Read More
My secret writing agenda
I got home from a six-day road trip to Glendale, Arizona and San Diego, California. In Glendale, I did one show and eleven writing workshops with kids in grades four … Read More
When art and science collide
I just read a fascinating article about the amplituhedron, a geometric figure that may vastly simplify the math behind quantum physics. This may seem obscure, but consider that many of … Read More
Hey, where’d my summer go?
Well, that was an awfully quick summer; seems like I was just taking some cooking lessons in Tuscany, a quick swim at Newport Beach, then dropping the boy off for … Read More
Ah, summer
Since the schools mostly shut down in the summer, this is the quiet time of year for me. Shannon and I just got back from a month in Italy where … Read More
Can we prove this works? Why yes, we can.
When we launched GriffinEd in 2012, we needed some data to support our mission. A HUGE thank you to Ms. Campa and all the teachers at Kingsley Elementary who participated. … Read More