Ordinary Gifted Children: The Power and Promise of Individual Attention

This is the remarkable story of the Hoffmann School for Individual Attention, where the principal believed in a diverse, challenging, and challenged group of studentswith extraordinary results. With a definition of gifted that included all children, Ann Hoffmann embraced students that other schools had failed, and she helped them not just to learn, but to learn to love learning. Written with candor and humor by renowned arts educator (and Ann Hoffmanns daughter) Jessica Hoffmann Davis, this portrait will resonate with anyone who has known or been a champion of children. Ann Hoffmanns example will inspire and delight, reminding us of what matters most in education and that if we love what we do, anything is possible.

This fascinating narrative addresses the timeless features of teaching and learning, with important implications for how we think about curriculum, instruction, and classroom life. The story of the Hoffmann School is an insiders view of a place in time that is more importantly a vision and set of beliefs that can reoccur in anyones classroom or adult life.