John Green's "Brilliant" Commencement Speech: The True Hero's Errand
Best-Selling Author of "The Fault in Our Stars"
Now, keeping in mind these fourfold interests - interest in conversation, or communication; in inquiry, or finding out things; in making things or construction; and in artistic expression - we may say they are natural resources, the uninvested capital, upon the exercise of which depends the active growth of the child..John Dewey, The School and Society, 1900
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"And reflect on the families left behind. For us, every day is Memorial Day."
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"But what is overlooked in all the shouting is that paradoxically, the people who have the most to gain from insuring some measure of economic equality and social justice are the wealthy." by Joseph Ganem Ph.D.
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"It may help to have in our minds a picture of what we mean by understanding . . . "-John Holt, Why Children Fail, p. 177by C.J. WesterbergI recently had a loooong conversation with a parent about whether his child...
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"Seeing the big picture allows students to take ownership of their learning - a critical element in fostering each child's natural learning desire."
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