Education

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

Learning and Design: “The classroom is obsolete”

The classroom is obsolete: it's time for something new - said Prakash Nair in Education Week.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…

13 years ago

What happens when you teach to the test?

A decade of NCLB has made an impact. From: BestMastersInEducation.com Photo: Cesar Quintero

13 years ago

“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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

More Failing, Fewer Failures, Greater Success

The November Educational Leadership is devoted to the topic of grading. It includes an article by Alfie Kohn an expanded…

13 years ago