Photo Credit: aastock | Shutterstock.com By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at AlterNet. | October 3, 2013 It's time for some new thinking about how to address the persistent inequalities that plague our education system. As the evidence mounts discrediting much of the movement for [...]
By Mella Baxter | Originally Published at TakePart. June 25, 2013 A 22-year teaching veteran says we can never know a kid’s full potential if we just rely on high-stakes exams. As Albert Einstein said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by [...]
It is said that experience is the best teacher; I think for most, it is the worst. Too often, experience teaches us to be protective. We run. We fall and we run again, or least we did. But then there was the lesson. 'Do not dare. Approach [...]
Drawing By James Stevenson. By Jonah Lehrer | Originally Published at The New Yorker. June 12, 2012 Editors’ Note: The introductory paragraphs of this post appeared in similar form in an October, 2011, column by Jonah Lehrer for the Wall Street Journal. We regret the duplication of [...]
Sir Ken Robinson speaks during the Dalai Lama Center's Educating the Heart Series. He discusses the importance of an education that educates not just the mind, but also the heart. “In any list of what it means to be human, empathy, intuition, imagination and compassion would surely [...]
