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The Opening Challenge for The New Year
"It's hard to find a great dress for this inauguration." - President-elect Donald Trump
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Game On!
Six Lessons Coaches Can Teach Educators
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Two Schools: Which one builds a better bully?
"Education-as-we-know-it is about building hierarchies - among athletes . . . "
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The Key to Modernizing Education
"The gateways we have in education . . . have a huge influence . . ."
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How the Arts Prepare for a Life's Work in any Discipline
Including Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
RIFFING GOOD STORIES
Five-Minute Montessori
"Seeing the big picture allows students to take ownership of their learning - a critical element in fostering each child's natural learning desire." Read more
High School: Are the Kids Alright?
"Long ago my son determined exactly how not to let the institution of school get in the way of his learning, and had explicit plans for choosing courses carefully so that he had ample time to attend local university lectures and participate in arts events." Read more
Entrepreneurs: Pirates in the Arena
"It is not the critic who counts; The credit belongs to---who is actually in the arena . . . Read more
Famous Failures who didn't "make the grade"
Wow- such failures! 60 second video - Michael Jordan,Thomas Edison & more surprises Read more
Are we creating innovators? 22 Insights
C.J. Westerberg dissects Tony Wagner's "Creating Innovators" Video Trailer Read more
Shaping Serendipity for Learning: Conversations with John Seely Brown
"Conventional wisdom holds that different people learn in different ways. Something is missing from that idea, however, so we offer a corollary: Different people, when presented with exactly the same information in exactly the same way, will learn different things." - John Seely Brown Read more
Hey, so-called Leaders. Want feedback or measurement?
What do we measure and why? Questions About The Uses of Measurement by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers Read more
Can Messy Be A Sign Of Brilliance?
Einstein's Desk In Photo: What He & Agatha Christie May Have In Common Read more
Late Bloomers (Guess what? You didn't peak in high school ;)
How 2012 Nobel Prize Winner Dissed by High School Biology Teacher - CJ Westerberg post Read more
Steve Jobs: Liberal Arts Essential for Innovation
"We need to revolutionize education to encourage creativity and need to teach our kids to play, take a chance and create. By not teaching our children liberal arts we will hinder their capacity to innovate." Read more
"Professors who are good at mentoring will thrive"
Joi Ito, Head of MIT Media Lab Read more
NEW POST: The Beauty of Math
Beautiful Video Read more
A Response to: Is Your Child a "Warrior" or "Worrier"?
Why Some Kids Handle Test Pressure and Others . . . Not. Read more
"Children just don't go out in nature"
Children today spend on average spend less than 40 minutes "outside" - Video Doc Read more
What do you remember from high school? (Humor)
Week-end Funnies - VIDEO Viral video parody (nudity alert!) Some Study That I Used to Know is already at 1.5 million views. It's another play on Goyte's hugely viral video Read more
Common Core: Standard Children?
We cannot wish away our biological limitations because we find them inconvenient. Read more
"Thwart Institutional Cowardice"
Congratulations Vicki Abeles for Raising Funds for next film "Beyond Measure" Read more
How to Create Nonreaders
Why Johnnie and Jane don't like to read . . . and what to do about itAlfie Kohn Delivers a Powerful Essay About MOTIVATION & Learning Read more
The Day I Abolished Grading
"There was no love for learning. It was a game that I was perpetuating - and I was done perpetuating it." Joe Bower Read moreA good education teaches you how to ask a question. It's knowing what you don't know; the skills of critical thought.Ted Sizer, Educator
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Want your child to have initiative and perseverance?
02.11.2017
Passion-Based Learning in Action
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Would You Hire Your Own Kids? 7 Skills Schools Should Be Teaching Them
01.11.2017
Tony Wagner, Former HS teacher, Principal & Co-Director At Harvard School Of Education Posts. "The Ability To Ask The Right Questions Is The Single Most Important Skill."
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The College MIA List #6: Those Who Dropped Out Or Never Attended
12.12.2016
* Read More About the Steve Wozniak Relationship (Rift?) With Steve Jobs, Fellow M.I.A. In This Fascinating Piece From Slate: "The iPad is Steve Jobs' Final Victory Over The Company's Co-founder Steve Wozniak."
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Seven Questions: Is your child a recipe-follower or a real learner?
10.22.2015
John Holt: The Seven Ways to Picture a Student's Understanding - - - by CJ Westerberg
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Michael Jordan and success: "Maybe I led you to believe it was easy . . . when it wasn't . . ."
10.13.2015
Michael Jordan & LeBron James duke it out
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If I were trying to select a school system for my children . . ."
01.21.2015
"If I were trying to select a school system for my children or grandchildren, I'd beware of . . . ." - Howard Gardner, Harvard School of Education
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Parents: Are we sabotaging our own kids' math "ability"?
01.19.2015
Many parents in the United States assume that (math ability) is just some kind of aptitude - some kids have it, some kids don't . . . The result is most of our kids (in the U.S.) don't do really well in Math . . ."
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Tom Friedman: Think Like an Immigrant
01.13.2015
Five Ways to Succeed in Life and Work
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Is This The Best High School in America?
01.02.2015
WATCH: How These Six Minutes May Change Your Idea of Innovative Education (dramatically). Phillips Exeter, Harvard Westlake & Lawrenceville may be taking notes from this charter school leading the next wave. Does your High School look anything like it?
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