What if we were to assess schools according to their physical space and potential to inspire creativity instead of judging them by student performance? …
Read MoreTo play basketball, you need to know how to dribble (if you carry the ball, it’s a turnover); you need to know how to box out (if you hold your opponent, you can get called for a foul); and so on …
Read MoreWith reads from NBOA Net Assets blog, Kappan Online, and Forbes …
Read MoreWhat if instead polishing the one-billionth of human knowledge captured by curriculum we devoted more time to creating conditions for learners to explore—together—questions no one has ever thought of before? …
Read MoreIn “The Threat and Opportunity of Lifelong Learning,” John Hagel from Deloitte’s Center for the Edge says, “In a more rapidly changing world, existing knowledge becomes obsolete at an accelerating rate …”
Read MoreWith reads from the Wall Street Journal, The Gap Letter, and Twitter …
Read MoreWhat if school were a place for students to develop and test mental models of how the world works? …
Read MoreOn a beautiful morning in 2010, Quantas Airways Flight 32 took off from Singapore. They were scheduled to touch down eight hours later in Sydney, Australia …
Read MoreWith reads from the Boston Globe, Inside Higher Ed, and EducationDive …
Read MoreWhat if teachers designed learning experiences to foster initiative more than expertise?
Not initiative instead of expertise …
Read MoreIn a world of exploding information and emerging domains of knowledge, few can afford to be “expert” in one thing. We all need to take the initiative to be lifelong learners …
Read MoreWith reads from The Atlantic, the New York Times, and The Conversation …
Read MoreWhat if the ratio of “deep time” to “industrial time” were 2:1? What if it were 3:1? …
Read MoreSomeone recently tweeted …
Read MoreWith a video from PBS NewsHour and reads from the New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education …
Read MoreWhat if we designed school to cause students to become obsessed with learning?…
Read MoreA soon-to-be-college graduate noted the following about Seth Godin’s Akimbo episode “How to Get Into a Famous College” …
Read MoreThe idea of something ilke an iPhone seemed an impossibility before 2007 …
Read MoreWith reads from Cult of Pedagogy, the jarche.com blog, and Forbes …
Read MoreWhat if we designed learning experiences for students to succeed because of failures, not in spite of failures? …
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