Books
“…larnin’.” It’s the key that opens all doors.”
William Woodruff died this week. He was a professor of world history best known perhaps for his autobiographical works. He discovered a love…
Many Minds in Math and Art
I just finished A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines - Janna Levin's novel that weaves threads from the lives of…
The Book is Dead: Long Live the Book
And they smell good and feel good too! In a fascinating article in the current New York Review of Books…
How To Be Creative: Look Sideways
Some attributes of creativity: Challenge assumptions Be receptive to new ideas Recognize similarities or differences Make unlikely connections Take risks…
Nature Deficit Disorder
One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all…
Colleges that Change Lives
Colleges that Change Lives is the title of Loren Pope's very useful book for those planning for college. It's also…
Voice activated pencils: “The school we’d like”
A school in a giant submarine with waterproof maps of the underwater world. Private helicopters to fly children to France…
A World Lit by Shooting Stars
The exhalations whizzing in the air Give so much light that I may read by them. Julius Caesar Act 2…
The School that I’d Like
Back in 1967 – the Observer newspaper in the UK organized an opportunity for children to write on the subject:…
School Choice: Hogwarts or Diffendoofer?
The best parts about the Harry Potter books are all the reminders of the traditional British school story and a…