Quote of the Day---

(Ed.note: The quote below is from the Evansville school reports for May 2009. It appears that the latest research says one's IQ can be increased in the school years, but there is apparently some concern that too much of an increase may be harmful....."



"The spring conference was interrupted with many phone calls and conversations between us and our
districts about swine flu. In between we had an excellent conference! I attended two sessions held as a
follow-up to key note speaker Ian Jukes. Jukes had been working diligently for over 20 years to get
schools to realize how they need to change to meet the impact of technology on our schools. He
emphasizes a project based approach that engages students, provides access to all the technologies they
are comfortable using outside of school, and prepares them for independence. A major concern of his is
that our current school model creates dependency on the part of students as well as teachers. He also
included information on the amazing progress being made in brain research. Most of what we were taught
as cutting edge 10 years ago appears to be simplistic or just plain wrong. There is ample evidence that IQ
can be increased throughout the school age years. One interesting finding is that there is very little impact
on success of having an IQ over 120. Social, political and communication skills emerge as greater key
factors."