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September 2012
7 Ways to Spark Engagement
Moving from on-task to learning: "Have you noticed that 'on-task' does not always mean engaged?" Read more
"Let's Raise Our Kids To Be Entrepreneurs"
"We're Giving Them Ritalin & Saying To Them: Don't Be An Entrepreneur Type, Fit Into This Other System And Become A Student". Video Read more
Famous Failures who didn't "make the grade"
What Michael Jordan and Thomas Edison had in common - One Minute Video Read more
Do students and teachers get feedback or measurement?
What does your school look like? Read more
Charter Schools: Butting heads! during Education Nation
Scuffle Scuddled 3 minute video below Read more
If I were trying to select a school system for my children . . ."
"If I were trying to select a school system for my children or grandchildren, I'd beware of . . . ." - Howard Gardner, Harvard School of Ed Read more
Are our kids sitting too much? (Are we?)
"What's particularly interesting about recent research is the revelation that sitting for extended periods of time does significant damage to human health that cannot be undone by exercising." Read more
Learning Math: The Symbol Barrier
Street Math, School Math, and Video Games Read more
Rethinking Education via The Economist
Pattern Matching & the Human Brain Read more
Can Problem Solving Liberate Our Fear Of Math?
Singapore Math Demystified! Guest Post By Bill Jackson, Math Helping Teacher, Scarsdale, NY Public Schools, one of the highest performing districts in the country, due to popular interest from parents and schools Read moreNow, 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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