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Should High School Students Take College Courses? The short answer to this question is "probably," but the programs that support high school students taking college courses generally have features that support student success. If those features are in place, students benefit. Read Full Post >
Twenty months after expressing her wish, and with a lot of help from many friends, Karen Armstrong's TED Prize wish will come true. A wish that many people now embrace as their own. On November 12, 2009 the Charter for Compassion will be unveiled. Read Full Post >
I have been advocating for changes in education to improve the quality of life for teachers, students and administrators for my whole career. Over the last three years I have added using Web 2.0 technologies to communicate, create, and collaborate on the Internet to my list of what needs to change... Read Full Post >
As I thought about what I might write this month, I considered giving a shout out to some people I have been learning from lately; namely, Clay Shirky, Seth Godin, Chris Anderson, and Garr Reynolds. I also thought about re-posting here an innovation3 blog post I recently wrote on John Seely Brown ... Read Full Post >
I think I have found a new vision, a new paradigm, a "New Story of Learning" in the 21st Century. It is creative and innovative. It is passionate and kind. It is natural and real. It leads me down a path to the truth and beauty of learning and the beauty and truth of humanity. It describes for me ho... Read Full Post >
It is summertime and many educators, contrary to popular opinion, are mind working. Mind work is different for all of us, but for educators it involves thinking, learning and knowledge creation in a variety of different contexts for a variety of different purposes: perhaps it is a book a colleague r... Read Full Post >
On June 2, 2009 I visited the Massachusetts legislature's Joint Education Committee to give the following testimony in support of legislation that would institute a commission to create a Creativity Index. Very few educators call or write their legislators. Do you? Fewer give testimony on legislati... Read Full Post >
Who will ignite the desire to learn in the adults today so they will ignite the desire to learn in our children tomorrow? On April 27, 2009 President Obama spoke at the 146th Annual Meeting of National Academy of Sciences. I recommend the entire speech for its historic importance, a turning point f... Read Full Post >
Of course, many people do do well in their schools and love what they have to offer. But too many graduate or leave early, unsure of their real talents and not knowing what direction to take next. Too many feel what they are good at isn’t valued by schools. Too many think they’re not good at any... Read Full Post >
This won't be easy, but it's important, and I know you can do it. Just for a moment, imagine the intersection of the classroom with the world. We educate students to be guardians of the world they will inherit from us. We educate students for the world: scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs, econo... Read Full Post >
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