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February 2013

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Should Schools Teach Students How-to-Code + Lessons Beyond

More concerning is that if we can't portray what is taught in school as compelling, maybe it's not as relevant as we think. Read more
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How to Get to Mars (in 6 minutes)

In case you missed this one - very cool, it is!... Read more
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Wanted: A new superhero to feed America

"My superhero is the food angel. She leaves a basket . . . " - Feeding America PSA Read more
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A Response to: Is your child a "Warrior" or "Worrier"?

Why Some Kids Handle Test Pressure and Others . . . Not. Read more
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Mother Nature's Child: New Documentary Trailer

Children today spend on average spend less than 40 minutes "outside" Read more
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Jon Stewart: Time to have some new voices in education on your show

Gardening, Tools and Too Much Fertilizer Can Burn Sir Ken Robinson Video Below: Teachers are like Gardeners Read more
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Rocketship Education charter school founder on a new flight

"Rocketship Education founder John Danner leaves charter school to start online-learning company" Read more
Now, 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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