Priscilla Pardini is a former education reporter for The Milwaukee Journal who has worked for the last eighteen years as a freelance writer and editor. She also works as communications coordinator for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Academically Talented Youth, editing WCATY's blog, Curious Minds . Pardini is also a WCATY instructor and a private writing coach. As a writer and editor, Pardini specializes in education issues, and has written scores of articles about a wide range of school-re