When I think about educational practices we should scale in 2015, I think about visual thinking and student learning. It is widely accepted that people have a better memory for images than words. Think about an icon or symbol and
“Often schools are teaching kids things they might never need to know again. We’re not teaching them how to be creative, or design, … or deal with unexpected situations. A lot of people are aware that we really need to
Teachers in the United States establish “maker spaces” in elementary classrooms. School leaders in Peru develop a “blended learning” curriculum for low income students. Students in Singapore enroll in an “Imagineering Programme” that leads to a certificate in problem solving
What if new teachers entered the classroom already connected to a network of teacher mentors? The bumpy road all new teachers travel during the first year of teaching suddenly becomes so much smoother when support and advice replace isolation
