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I will not drill-and-kill preschoolers, I will not pre-grind their
I will not drill-and-kill preschoolers, I will not pre-grind their noses, I will not turn my back on the science of education in order to somehow prep...

We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that
We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make ...

I agree with Bill Gates that the United States should have more
I agree with Bill Gates that the United States should have more motivated students, but unlike him, I know exactly how to make that happen and it does...

Narration, or what Magda Gerber called sportscasting, is at the
Narration, or what Magda Gerber called sportscasting, is at the core of how I teach. I spend my days at Woodland Park telling the childrens stories as...

ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from last week . . . Fear is a
ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from last week . . . Fear is a normal, adaptive human response, triggering an instinctive fight or flight response....

ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from last week . . . It was
ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from last week . . . It was then that I understood Sarahs flowers. She was not making the perfect little imitation ...

ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from this week . . . Mankind
ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from this week . . . Mankind without poetry is an animal without a soul, without mystery, without magic. To paraphr...

ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from this week . . . In both
ICYMI, here is a re-link to a post from this week . . . In both instances when I started down the road of discipline with my daughter, I wound up trad...