A review of Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child by Alissa Quart. How to ruin your child by trying too hard to develop his or her talents. As if parenting wasn't already hard enough. What I don't say in the review, and what Quart fails to address in her book, is that there are plenty of parents out there who can't even be bothered to read to their offspring, much less encourage them to be concert pianists or math whizzes. Still, you might want to think twice before you park the tot in front of a so-called developmental video. Read More at The Washington Post »
Journalism
“Picture Imperfect”
Art-history scholars face narrowing publishing venues and rising permissions costs. But a report signals that help is on the way. Check out, for instance, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's proposed scholars' license program. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Daedalus Editors Gets His Walking Papers”
James Miller, the editor of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, learned abruptly that he will lose that job as of August 2008. What does it all mean? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
“Gutenberg-e Lets Historians Present Research in Nontraditional Ways”
The Gutenberg-e project at Columbia University set out to bring historical monographs into the brave new digital world. Six years in, how's it doing? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
“University Press Officials Discuss Problems and Options in a Digital Age”
Tech talk, copyright jitters, and anti-FEMA tee-shirts at this year's Association of American University Press conference in New Orleans. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
