Click here to listen, and subscribe to the Duke TIP Podcast at Apple Podcasts! Meet Tina and Chris and their sons Elijah and Riley. They're a homeschooling TIP family that's decided to take their life on the road and live in a renovated school bus full-time. On this episode of the Duke TIP Podcast, we tell their story. Keep up with the family's adventures at weliveonabus.com and on Instagram (@weliveonabus). We also talk with Jennifer Lois, a professor of sociology at … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast: “I think we need to live on a school bus.”
TIP Stories
Special Summer Studies Program Admissions Episode of the Duke TIP Podcast
Click here to listen! Do you have questions about course selection, waitlists, or financial aid? A Duke TIP admissions officer joins us with lots of great advice on how to fill out the perfect Summer Studies Program application. Applications for the 2018 sessions of TIP's popular Summer Studies Program open January 22 for qualifying 8th-10th graders and March 21 for qualifying 7th graders. Subscribe to the Duke TIP Podcast at Apple Podcasts! … [Read more...] about Special Summer Studies Program Admissions Episode of the Duke TIP Podcast
The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 6: Dr. Matt Makel
Click here to listen! Dr. Matt Makel, TIP's Director of Research, tells us about his new book, From Giftedness to Gifted Education, describing his research's impact on TIP's educational programs and diving into the benefits of ability grouping and academic acceleration. Subscribe to the Duke TIP Podcast at Apple Podcasts! … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 6: Dr. Matt Makel
The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 5: Stuart Albright
Click here to listen! Stuart Albright — decorated teacher, football coach, and author — opens up about his students' social media mindsets, the power of empathy in the classroom, and how creative writing can change lives. In his latest book, A World Beyond Home, Stuart delves into the struggles, transformations, and triumphs of two of his high school students. Subscribe to the Duke TIP Podcast at Apple Podcasts! … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 5: Stuart Albright
Case Study: Using TIP to Support Under-Resourced Students
Inocente Ramirez II has been working in education since 1972, first as a reading and language arts teacher and then as an administrator. Today, he is the assistant principal at Dorothy Compton Middle School, which is located in an impoverished area at the Southern tip of Texas. But Ramirez is making sure that his students can still see how far their education can take them. And he’s using Duke TIP to do it. … [Read more...] about Case Study: Using TIP to Support Under-Resourced Students
The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 4: Diana Lisle
Click here to listen! It's back-to-school time! Tracy, Katy, and Michael sit down with Diana Lisle, former classroom teacher and current Elementary Programs Coordinator at Duke TIP, to talk about combatting perfectionism, emphasizing growth over achievement, and shopping for back-to-school accoutrements. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts! … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 4: Diana Lisle
The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 3: Dr. John Kane
Click here to listen! Dr. John Kane has been an instructor at Duke TIP's Summer Studies Program since 1987. Tracy sits down with him in this third episode of the Duke TIP Podcast. Among other things, John recalls his favorite TIP memory, compares his TIP courses to the college and graduate-level courses he teaches, and tells us just how many TIP t-shirts he's accumulated over the years. There's simply no better authority on what makes a Duke TIP classroom so special. Don't miss it! Subscribe … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 3: Dr. John Kane
TIPsters of the Roundtable
The morning of the 2017 Grand Recognition Ceremony, Duke TIP’s Distinguished Alumni Award winners sat down with two groups of current TIPsters for a roundtable chat. The result is pretty special — multiple generations of TIPsters talking about everything from combatting procrastination and nervousness to attending Duke TIP's Summer Studies Program. … [Read more...] about TIPsters of the Roundtable
The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 2: Skyla Woodard and April Bonds
Click here to listen! On the second episode of The Duke TIP Podcast, Tracy and Katy talk with Skyla Woodard and her mom, April Bonds. Skyla is a very talented 10-year-old TIPster/actor/singer. This summer, she’ll be on an episode of the AMC television show “TURN: Washington’s Spies,” she’ll star as Mary Lennox in Raleigh Theatre’s production of The Secret Garden, and she’ll attend Duke TIP’s CRISIS program. April tells us all about raising an academically talented child as a single mom, Skyla … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 2: Skyla Woodard and April Bonds
The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 1: John Claude Bemis
Click here to listen! On our very first episode of The Duke TIP Podcast, Tracy and Katy talk with author John Claude Bemis about working with the parents of gifted students, finding age-appropriate reading for his 9-year-old daughter, and spurring creativity through travel. Tracy tells us about reading Jurassic Park at too young an age and poses a wedding-attire-etiquette dilemma to the group. Katy relives the Great Cake Pop Debacle of 2017 and mixes in some discussion on the evolution of … [Read more...] about The Duke TIP Podcast Episode 1: John Claude Bemis