Schools: what should they do, and for whom?

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 14, 2008 |

We read today how Pan­el Urges Schools to Empha­size Core Math Skills (Wash­ing­ton Post). Now, there is a more fun­da­men­tal ques­tion to con­sid­er: what should the schools of the XXI cen­tu­ry look like and do?. To cre­ate a much need­ed dia­logue, I asked one the most thought­ful edu­ca­tion blog­gers around to share her (I guess it’s “her”)…

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Richard Dawkins and Alfred Nobel: beyond nature and nurture

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 17, 2007 |

Nature or nur­ture? well, both of course…but maybe the ques­tion itself is leav­ing out a crit­i­cal com­po­nent: our free will and poten­tial to tran­scend, and influ­ence, both. My wife Lisa and I just came back from a relax­ing and stim­u­lat­ing 2‑week vaca­tion. One of the high­lights was to par­tic­i­pate in the open­ing, at Oslo’s Nobel Peace…

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