How to Give Kids a Work Ethic
I read in the paper, “Kids these days need to be taught a work ethic.” As I walk down the hallway of a school, the words still rattle in my head. I see a boy and girl on the floor outside a third-grade...
View ArticleHow Will Education Reform?
I never let my schooling interfere with my education. —Mark Twain Education Reform won’t succeed until schools do what computers can’t. Because Sara was home sick for a week in October of her eighth...
View ArticleLearning Language, Math, & Science Concepts Through Play
Play is essential to optimize learning Language, Math, Science, as well as preparing the brain for collaboration, creativity and making valuable contributions to the world. This just in, courtesy of...
View Article“Small Class Size” Is a Misguided Fetish
“I believe in small class size,” said the politician. All the parents and teachers nodded. Small class: good. Large class: bad, right? No, actually. Class size is not the most important variable in...
View ArticleEducating the Whole Brain
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of genius in...
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