DRDiane Rehm recently had teacher and author David McCullough, Jr. on her show to talk about his 2012 high school commencement speech and new book entitled You Are Not Special and Other Encouragements that offers interesting commentary on our “helicoptered” and “snow plowed” super achieving students.

McCullough is a delight to listen to as he speaks not only about parenting but also teaching and learning.

Another item in the news was an article in the Washington Post about efforts to find ways to standardize our teacher preparation programs. Much has been written in the past year about the lack of high standards for some our colleges and universities.

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