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Battle Of The Minds: Why Don't Kids Like School?

Sparks Fly In This Book Review By Guest Jonathan E. Martin about Daniel Willingham's Book & His Conclusions About Learning, Imagination & Knowledge Read more

Why Change Is So Darn Hard

Radish or cookie? Read more

The Bad Habits You Learn in School

And it's not about smoking. John Coleman via Harvard Business Review Read more

How to Develop Students into "Problem-Finders" and why it matters

Designing for Great Learning: Moving Beyond Project-Based Learning Read more

Would You Hire Your Own Kids? 7 Skills Schools Should Be Teaching Them

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." Read more

Turning on the Light

Blog post from MIT student Kirsten L. - #BostonStrong #MITStrong Read more

Cartoon via Boston Globe by Wasserman Remembering the dead and the injured.... Read more

21st Century Skills: A "thorny problem" in the classroom

. . . .most high schools' science "experiments" are really "demonstrations," because they are "rigged" for the right answer, thereby disqualifying them as true experiments where outcomes are unknown. Read more

Weekend Funnies: My Teenage Son is "Going Through a Phase" Video

Gabriel Iglesias' smart teenage son doesn't talk to him anymore. 2 Minute Video via Comedy Central Read more

High Schoolers: "What You'll Wish You'd Known"

It's dangerous to design your life around getting into college Read more

"The Little Discussed Dark Side" of Public Education

"We've completely distorted learning." Read more

ADHD: One in 5 high school boys diagnosed

Mental Steroids to the Rescue - - - - The Real Deal, "Pseudo-ADHD" and the Money Trail Read more