Throughout the 40-year information age, we continued to educate youth as if computers did not exist. We teach courses that focus on memorizing content. We teach long division and factoring polynomials as if they are important skills. We give small…
George Lucas Educational Foundation
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Michael McDowell
– Oct 29, 2020, 12:00 PM
In 2006, I launched “the wolves project” with my students at New Tech High School in Napa, California. The project required students to determine whether the gray wolf should be reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. Students…
As the pandemic stretches on, we have naturally heard of the many challenges related to distance learning. And when it comes to how to make learning and life better for our students, we typically hear about new tech applications, games, projects or…
We created boring schools and then put them online. Our focus on testing made learning small and easy to grade rather than valuable. We pretend there is an average kid who is supposed to be at this thing called grade level. We organize secondary…
This post is written by Dr. Randall Sampson. Randall is the founder of Liberty Leadership Development. He has been a teacher and public school administrator, as well as a university professor and national education transformation specialist. You…
Don't underestimate the power of doodling. In a democracy, says Mo Willems, 'voting is a lot like doodling. It's a form of self-expression and you discover sort of who you really are as you do it.' On Election Day (7:00 pm EST/4:00 pm PST) on the…
