Annemarie Roeper: Selected Writings and Speeches

by Annemarie Roeper

Book by Roeper, Annemarie

195 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Annemarie Roeper, Ed.D., an educational consultant for more than 50 years, specialized in the educational needs of gifted and creative children. In 1941, Annemarie and her husband, George Roeper, founded the Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, one of the nationl's oldest and best-known private schools for gifted children. Dr. Roeper received her Honorary Doctorate in Education from Easter Michigan University. She edited the Roeper Review, a national journal on gifted child education, and authored several books, including Educating Children for Life: The Modern Learning Community (1990) and My Life Experiences with Children: Selected Writings and Speeches (reprinted 2004). Dr. Roeper also published hundreds of articles and received numerous awards and honors for her work, including the 1999 National Association for Gifted Children's President's Award, an honor rarely bestowed. She passed away in 2012.