Education

Stay Curious

Some books, some ideas and some thinkers stay with you. They are like wells that you go back to dip…

10 years ago

Tests: “Is that all that matters to grown-ups?”

Test-weary second-grader asks school board: ‘Is that all that matters to grown-ups?’ Elitist parents threaten lawsuit after kids are called…

10 years ago

We Have Work To Do: Undoing Racism

This week began with a professional day for faculty and staff. Our theme was Identity, Privilege and Race provoked by…

10 years ago

Modern Learning and the Shock of the New

Here's something terrific for free: It's an E-book of great articles from the always useful Educating Modern Learners, an online…

10 years ago

Enough with all the grigor

Grant Lichtman has just suggested a  bunch of words better than grit  And they all work. And now it's time to…

10 years ago

How to grow your brain

Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve…

10 years ago

Educating Global Citizens

We must foster global citizenship. Education is about more than literacy and numeracy. It is also about citizenry. Education must fully assume its essential role in…

10 years ago

Digging Deeper with The Five Whys

I first tried "The Five Whys" in a faculty meeting. It was an attempt to try something new in tackling…

10 years ago

Outcomes and the Bloody Red Shrimp

Strategic plan outcomes can all seem rather formal and abstract until something like this leaps out and grabs your attention.…

10 years ago

Every time I fail

There was a lively Twitter #satchat this morning and the topic was that fad du jour: Failure. There were plenty…

10 years ago