Recently I observed a student turn in a writing assignment to my colleague. The assignment was late. My colleague accepted… Read more Are You an Advocate or Adversary for Your Students?

The Epistemological Ecosystem and the Great Lie in Education There is a great lie that has become accepted as “truth”… Read more The Epistemological Ecosystem and the Great Lie in Education

This is a first attempt at an RSAnimate style video.

Some years ago Fritjof Capra wrote about the environmental crisis we face in the book The Web of Life and… Read more The Education Crisis of Perception

I’ve never been a fan of the acronym STEM. It is used a lot but I’m not sure it actually… Read more Are We Sacrificing The Liberal Arts at the Altar of The All Mighty STEM?

A few years ago, I started letting my students see behind the curtain, if you will. In addition to teaching… Read more Let Them See the Wizard

“But if I don’t give them a test, how will I know they know it?” This question drives so much… Read more But If I Don’t Give a Test, How Do I Know They Know It?

In the 1980s there was great concern over the state of education in this country. On international standardized tests our… Read more How to Cause an Explosion of Creativity in Teaching

In 1983 a report titled A Nation at Risk was published highlighting deficiencies in public education. The deficiencies were (are)… Read more Public Education’s 9/11

Consider this question: where does most of the mass come from in a tree? The soil or the air? If… Read more The Learning Cycle