by aperkins | Aug 19, 2011 | Blog
I was recently introduced to the work of Liu Bolin, a Chinese artist, who is able to make his self invisible through the use of paint. He spends hours having himself painted and is then dropped into a scene where he is camouflaged by the paint. His current exhibition,...
by aperkins | Jul 22, 2011 | Blog
CTL staff member Barbara Myerson Katz asked in her June blog entry Memories of Summer Reading and Writing, “Do you have memories of summer reading and writing? How can educators and parents ensure that the children of the early 21st century have great memories of...
by aperkins | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog
My husband’s uncle lives in Melbourne, Australia and recently sent me a link to the works of a Melbourne artist by the name of Sam Jinks. I was immediately captivated by the sculptures that loaded to my screen. Sam Jinks, a hyperrealist artist, captures his subjects...
by aperkins | May 27, 2011 | Blog
In January 2009 The National Center for Education Achievement (NCEA) published its research on higher performing school systems. The NCEA Core Practice Framework: An Organizing Guide to Sustained School Improvement is designed to help educators and policymakers...
by aperkins | Apr 29, 2011 | Blog
My mother-in-law recently sent me a link to a site milasdaydreams.blogspot.com created by a stay-at-home mother in Finland. The mother, Adele Enerson, captures images of her baby daughter as she sleeps. The uniqueness in her work is that she uses an inexpensive camera...
