Poking through my feed reader this morning, I stumbled across a Mindshift KQED article that I think every educator ought to read. Titled How to Spark Curiosity in Children through Embracing Uncertainty, it makes a simple argument: Instruction centered on facts that have already been
Have you had a chance to see Will Richardson’s recent Tedx talk titled The Surprising Truth about Learning in Schools yet? If not, watch it right now: What resonates the most with me is Richardson’s argument that there is a very real disconnect between our
Let’s start with a simple truth: Genuine learning is a beautiful process that leaves people mentally challenged and stretched and refreshed. It’s a time of exploration and discovery and excitement that is fundamentally about making connections between notions and new ideas and individuals who are
For the past several years, North Carolina’s legislature has been working to reimagine almost everything about education in our state. Their most recent move: Releasing A-F letter grades for every school in every county in our state. “North Carolina public school parents now have an
For the better part of the last week, I’ve been consumed with the notion that one of my primary responsibilities as a teacher is to encourage student questioning in my classroom. My thinking is being driven by Warren Berger’s A More Beautiful Question and by the
