Culture
January 2012
The Parent-School Relationship: The Importance of Listening
"....I have been part of schools that have constantly told me what to do but never listened to what I had to say.' " Read more
Does our educational system put the brakes on the entrepreneurial spirit in America?
"Parents could turn the system on its head if they weren't so caught up in outmoded mentalities about education forged in the stable economy of the 1950s (but profoundly misguided in today's chaotic, entrepreneurial economy)." Read more
Homeschoolers Bite Back
"I homeschool to give him the world as his classroom, with all the wonderful diversity it offers." Read more
The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System
UPDATE January 19th: NEW VIDEO - Dan Rather in HDNET's this Tuesday's "Finnish First" - Watch video plus Bob Compton trailer to "The Finland Phenomenon" Read more
Can Messy Be A Sign Of Brilliance?
Einstein's Desk In Photo: What He & Agatha Christie May Have In Common Read more
Jon Stewart on SOPA: "Angry Nerds"
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A Connected Teacher: Priceless
Does This Look Like Your School Classroom? Read more
Something's Gotta Give
What stays, what goes, and what we're missing in education Read more
Learning how to teach better through "Lesson Study"
What we can learn from Japan Read more
Technology: Enabling a "Golden Age" for Introverts?
"Rather than riding the texture of a live conversation to figure out how to give and receive information, people are now used to simply pushing their thoughts out into the world, to be responded to at some undetermined future point." Read more
Don't be a bully. LOSER.
New Video Release Read more
How U.S. Education is Failing our Kids: Eric Ries
. . . how our educational system teaches students that incremental effort always brings incremental benefits. Not so . . ." Read more
What does it mean to be a tech-savvy and connected principal?
I wasn't there. In fact, I was almost literally half-way around the world. It happened in Philadelphia and I'm in China. Read more
Cheating: Ace test-taker takes SAT for other students for $$
"I totally give him this like, a new lease on life. He's gonna go to a totally new college, he's gonna be bound for a totally new career and a totally new path in life." -Sam Eshaghoff on 60 Minutes Read more
Crossing the Math Chasm
Asking the Right Questions: So at one end we've got falling interest in education in math, and at the other end we've got a more mathematical world . . . teachers are also frustrated. Read moreMany of the Innovation Generation are deeply worried about the future of the planet, seek healthier lifestyles, and want to make a difference more than they want to make money. . . . . But they are swimming against the tides of tradition. A lot of parents still harbor hopes that their children will pursue prestigious careers and be economically better off than they are. . . . Too many teachers and employers still reward the 'old school' behaviors of deference to authority and striving for 'success,' conventionally defined - and count on carrots and sticks . . . . for motivation.Tony Wagner, Harvard-educated author, Educator, Collaborator, Creating Innovators, The Finland Phenomenon with Bob Compton, The Global Achievement Gap
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