RattleBag and Rhubarb

Operation Grit

I take comfort in knowing that I am not the only gritless wonder on the internet. Peter Gow has now…

11 years ago

Simple ideas: Education’s only purpose and one true test

Is the only true purpose of education to help children stay learners for life? To learn how to learn? I…

11 years ago

Grit Hits the Fan

      It's a good word grit. It's short, and it has the  good old English language virtue of…

11 years ago

What can’t textbooks teach?

A few years ago Ken Robinson urged us to bring on the learning revolution. Well some took him seriously. The…

11 years ago

A Darkling Year or Joy Illimited.

BBC's Radio 4 first tweet for 2014 was a thrush with a bright blue sky background and a quotation from…

11 years ago

Thinking Outside the Bubble

Check out this terrific film made by Erica Enriquez created in 2013 while in her sophomore year in high at Poughkeepsie…

11 years ago

Season’s Greetings

Behind the scenes at the museum. This is magical. Watch it.

11 years ago

Design Thinking: See the Moose Through the Mist

How many designers does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: Does it have to be a light bulb?…

11 years ago

A School With Designs on the Future

What can you tell about a school in one visit when the kids are still on vacation? Well - quite…

11 years ago

Let the handwringing stop. The US is not number one and that’s OK.

The latest Program for International Assessment (Pisa) results are out and that means another round of handwringing, lamentation, self-flagellation, finger…

11 years ago