Posts Tagged ‘schools’
Brain Connection: Eric Jensen on Learning and the Brain
Eric Jensen is a former middle school teacher and former adjunct professor for several universities including the University of California, San Diego. He co-founded the Learning Brain Expo, a conference for educators, and has written 21 books on the brain and learning. Jensen is currently completing his PhD coursework. His most recent book, Enriching the…
Read MoreEducation @ New York Times
If you are interested in education reform, social entrepreneurship and venture philantropy, grab a nice cap of tea or coffee and enjoy today’s spectacular edition of the New York Times Magazine. Must read: insightful expert discussion on How Many Billionaires Does It Take to Fix a School System? Also: excellent pieces titled Self-Made Philanthropists, on…
Read MoreCarnival of Education #159: Briefing the Next US President on 35 Issues
Dear Mr or Mrs Next US President, Thank you for stopping during recess for a quick study session. 35 educators have collaborated to present this Carnival of Education as a useful lesson plan for you and your education policy team on what our real concerns and suggestions are. In case this is your first visit to…
Read MoreThe First Step Is Failure
Joanne Jacobs, educator, blogger and author of Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds, participates today in our Author Speaks Series with an excellent article on how “Schools won’t improve until administrators and teachers can admit the problems, analyze what’s going wrong and…
Read MoreAre Schools (Cognitively) Nutritive for Children’s Complex Thinking?
Today we host a very stimulating essay on the importance of problem-solving and encouraging complex game-playing for children’s complete “cognitive nutrition”. Enjoy! ——————– Children’s Complex Thinking – By Tom O’Brien and Christine Wallach Pop over to your neighborhood school and visit some classrooms. Is what’s happening cognitively nutritive? That is, does it satisfy present needs…
Read MoreLearning & The Brain: Interview with Robert Sylwester
Dr. Robert Sylwester is an educator of educators, having received multiple awards during his long career as a master communicator of the implications of brain science research for education and learning. He is the author of several books and many journal articles, and member of our Scientific Advisory Board. His most recent book is The…
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