MELBOURNE, FL John Morales, a private tennis coach and competitive tennis player who studied with John McEnroe’s coach, is teaching The Art of Learning principles to his nine junior players in order to improve their mental toughness, the quality of their play, and their ability to handle adversity both on and off the court. The …
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North Atlanta Soccer Association
WOODSTOCK, GA. This soccer club shares The Art of Learning perspective that “what happens along the journey is more important than medals or titles” and aims to provide valuable life experiences for the players while striving to improve their skills. Eric Ritter, the Director of Coaching of the girls’ program for 13-19-year-olds, is using The …
South Carolina Consortium for Gifted Education
CHARLESTON, SC This organization promotes and supports the preparation of teachers and other professionals responsible for the education of gifted and talented students. Dr. Jean Chandler, an Executive Board Member and Regional Trainer for the consortium, is leading book discussions with regional teachers for the gifted and talented. Individual participants are presenting chapters and considering …
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
WASHINGTON, D.C. There are an estimated 3,000,000 gifted children in the U.S.. and the 8,000+ members of the NAGC work on behalf of these students. We donated books to the attendees of their 2008 national convention and Josh was the featured interview article in the association’s back-to-school issue of ‘Teaching for High Potential’. We worked …
National Education Association
WASHINGTON, D.C. The NEA is 3.2 million members strong and is an advocate for education professionals. We have been donating books to their members via an offer on the NEA website since 2008. Approximately 4,000 educators have received books and by casting such a wide net of inspiration we are igniting positive changes in teaching …
International Baccalaureate (IB)
NEW YORK, NY. On July 10th, 2009, Dr. Kathy Kremins, Tim Rymer and Mackey Pendergast presented the Mendham High School pilot program (described in the Schools section of Programs) at the 2009 IB Conference of the Americas in Quebec. Joanne Singer from The JW Foundation attended the conference, set up a booth, and donated copies …