Education
School of the Past: School of the Future
This summer I visited the quite wonderful Hancock Shaker Village. It's where in craft and design, form meets function with…
What’s Changed?
What's changed? Pretty much everything. A question to get going with: Shopping and information then and now: If you want…
Future Past Imperfect
Enjoy the drawing. But but then read this: Shifting Ground from Chris Lehmann. From the Chicago Tribune 1958. (But only…
Locked out of Learning
When I’m in the car I listen to WAMC, and yesterday I heard Roland Fryer’s Dowmel lecture. His specialty is…
Whatever it takes ….
Is this what we mean by that current refrain "Whatever it takes"? This is from another era - 1991. Anything…
State of Play
So the debate on the purpose of play in early childhood simmers on. It popped up on my Facebook page…
Publish! And democratize learning.
Interesting post from The Innovative Educator: 21st Century Educators Don’t Say, “Hand It In.” They say, “Publish It! Read the…
Dangerous Praise
Good reminder about how not to praise from Stephen Currie in a recent post to the PDS Math Guy Blog.…
Testing Madness on the Race to Nowhere
A colleague at a nearby school sent me this link to the NYTimes – just the latest bulletin from a…
You Want To Change Behavior? Make It Fun
Education is all about change. And fun makes it so much more effective. Here's a great example from Stockholm -…