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The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
John Holt, How Children Fail, 1964
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Is This The Best High School in America?

CJ Westerberg, 02.03.2012

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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Noam Chomsky: The Purpose of Education

CJ Westerberg, 02.02.2012

"Education is really aimed at helping students get to the point where they can learn on their own. . . "

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7 Ways to Spark Engagement

CJ Westerberg, 01.31.2012

Moving from on-task to learning: "Have you noticed that 'on-task' does not always mean engaged?"

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How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning

CJ Westerberg, 01.31.2012

. . .AND how it changes the way teachers talk with parents - - -

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The Cost of College: The Pushback

CJ Westerberg, 01.27.2012

Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is having a busy week on the heels of President Obama's State of the Union address

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The Flipped Class Manifest

CJ Westerberg, 01.26.2012

"The Flipped Classroom is an intentional shift of content which in turn helps move students back to the center of learning rather than the products of schooling."

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A Complex Web: Teacher-Student Relationships

CJ Westerberg, 01.26.2012

"Like most of us, they (teachers) had complex personalities that meshed with some people and conflicted with others."

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The Parent-School Relationship: The Importance of Listening

CJ Westerberg, 01.25.2012

"....I have been part of schools that have constantly told me what to do but never listened to what I had to say.' "

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21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020

CJ Westerberg, 01.25.2012

Desks, Language Labs, Computers, Homework, Standardized Tests in College Admissions . . . .

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