Gritty Educational Models to Prepare Kids for the Real World
If we could really step back and apply the principles of backward planning, we may not need to be talking about grit at the...
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Feb 11, 20154 min read
If We Want to Change Education, We Need to Disrupt It
What do you think our greatest improvements have been in the educational sector in the past couple of years? Has it been the number of...
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Feb 11, 20155 min read
Who Is the Teacher of Tomorrow?
In my last post, I asked people to “Imagine a School without Teachers” in order to examine some of the current challenges to the...
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Jan 13, 20153 min read
Dear NYC School Principals: Let Cell Phones Be Used for Learning
Last week, we learned that the New York City Department of Education will be lifting its long-time ban on cell phones in the schools....
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Jan 13, 20153 min read
Reflections on Learning Part II: Back to the Future
At the close of 2014, Designs2Learn shared memories of early learning: the rituals of school, learning journeys, learning how to fail,...
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Dec 9, 20142 min read
Collaboration in An Hour of Code
I’m thrilled to participate in this week’s “An Hour of Code,” that is taking place as part of the annual “Computer Science Education...
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Nov 11, 20142 min read
Meeting Veterans’ Needs with Continuous Learning
Prepare Your Audience We know that many of the traits associated with entrepreneurship are characteristics shared by the vast majority of...
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Nov 6, 20144 min read
Meet Johnny’s Teachers
In my previous blog, This is a School that Johnny Wants to Attend, I wrote about Johnny’s new school, an environment designed to optimize...
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Oct 23, 20143 min read
Why Not a 14th or 15th Grade to Better Prepare Students for the Real World?
“Welcome to 13th Grade,” reports on an Oregon initiative to add a 13th year to the high school experience in order to help better prepare...
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Oct 7, 20143 min read
A (Cautionary) Tale of Two Students
The two students at the heart of this story are sisters, raised in moderate circumstances in one of the richest cities in the world....
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