Over time, studies have shown that the writing process becomes easier when there is an underlying driving force which motivates you to write.
Education
More Educational Surprises (Or, Subs are Not Sandwiches)
We must stop blaming teachers for everything that is wrong in education and start looking for real solutions.
We must stop blaming teachers for everything that is wrong in education and start looking for real solutions.
If You’re Sweating the Small Stuff, Read Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman
Greater awareness of our mindset allows us to make permanent changes.
Greater awareness of our mindset allows us to make permanent changes.
Co-Evolving with Place: Localized Pattern Harmonization
When you answer a question with “It depends”, it means that to find the solution, we have to understand the context in which we are operating and do some real thinking.
When you answer a question with “It depends”, it means that to find the solution, we have to understand the context in which we are operating and do some real thinking.
We Need To Design Better Sex Education for Kids
Let's give them the important info they need.
Let’s give them the important info they need.
We Need a ‘Marshall Plan’ for US Education
When did we come to believe that financial success is the most important measure of happiness in life?
When did we come to believe that financial success is the most important measure of happiness in life?
Light a Fire: In Praise of Teachers, Coaches, and Mentors
When you see something in another person---you can create a spark which lights a fire that the whole world can see.
When you see something in another person—you can create a spark which lights a fire that the whole world can see.
Deep Ecology and Mindfulness Expedition
Practicing mindfulness, along with deepening our connection to nature, has been crucial in our personal development and also has a positive effect on our ability to connect with students.
Practicing mindfulness, along with deepening our connection to nature, has been crucial in our personal development and also has a positive effect on our ability to connect with students.
Learning Groups: Learning Should Never Be Lonely
Can learning ever happen in isolation?
Can learning ever happen in isolation?
Do You Actively Want to Change Your Point of View?
How do we get people to want to change?
How do we get people to want to change?
10 Things College Grads Can Do To Prepare Themselves for the Journey Ahead
Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young people.
Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young people.
7 Stats on Per-Pupil Spending in US Schools from the New Census Report
With these numbers, how can it still be argued that more funding is needed to fix public education?
With these numbers, how can it still be argued that more funding is needed to fix public education?
Screaming At Your Students Does Not Gain Their Respect
You are a cog in the machine of the educational system, and you will not survive it if you take it personally, and allow your emotions to rule you.
You are a cog in the machine of the educational system, and you will not survive it if you take it personally, and allow your emotions to rule you.
Designing Cities
In my classroom, we’ve been working on what makes a city and how do people and nature impact a city’s design.
In my classroom, we’ve been working on what makes a city and how do people and nature impact a city’s design.
The History and Results of America’s Disastrous Public School System, Part II
All across the nation, students are being prodded like cattle into classrooms, and the one-size-fits-all approach is failing them.
All across the nation, students are being prodded like cattle into classrooms, and the one-size-fits-all approach is failing them.
The History and Results of America’s Disastrous Public School System, Part I
The earliest ancestor to our system of government-mandated schooling comes from 16th-century Germany.
The earliest ancestor to our system of government-mandated schooling comes from 16th-century Germany.