Education
The One Cool Thing
I had the privilege last week of working with a great bunch of educators at the NYSAIS Think Tank at…
The Farm that Kindergarten Built
An early morning visit to the kindergarten on Friday was a chance for a guided tour of the farm. It's…
World Class Learners Do More Than Bubble It In
Looking forward to reading Yong Zhao's new book due out soon: World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students The…
Learning to Live (then going home for tea)
"So the children of a democracy learn to take their place in the world of tomorrow." The British Council has…
Learning and Design: “The classroom is obsolete”
The classroom is obsolete: it's time for something new - said Prakash Nair in Education Week. last July. And that’s…
What happens when you teach to the test?
A decade of NCLB has made an impact. From: BestMastersInEducation.com Photo: Cesar Quintero
“Not where the light is”: Schools and Creativity
There's a really useful article in Education Week that reviews, summarizes and connects the basic thinking and research out there…
A Modern Village School: Christmas 1944
Wonderful pictures of what looks like a creative classroom in a pre-Plowden primary school. Look at the desk arrangements. From…
Cookie Cutter Kids: “Send us your winners…”
...and we'll make winners out of them" There's a good article in the latest edition of Independent School magazine that…