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Punk Rock Preschool: Our Classroom’s Venture into Entrepreneurship

Punk Rock Preschool is a testament to the amazing capacity of young children. When we make learning relevant & fun, passions are developed.

How To Launch A New Idea For Your School by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Ed note: This is a slightly-edited excerpt from

Technology / February 27, 2015

The Outernet: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever by Thane Richard While the title may sound like science fiction,

What motivates this student to “succeed” in school? Is it intrinsic or extrinsic motivation? Does it ebb & flow? Is it perishable altogether?

An example of ‘failing forward’: “Your first two drafts didn’t work so well, huh? What can you take from each of them–what’s salvageable?”

Learning / February 25, 2015 / Veteran Teacher

7 Ways We Come To Understand by Stewart Hase, Heutagogy of Community Practice This typology is an attempt to redefine how we

Learning / February 24, 2015

In general, the routine for creativity is simple. The most creative go to bed early, and do their creative work earlier in the day.

Teachers are the great translators of learning–mediators that speak in binary code for the system and in human tongue for the children.

Teaching / February 23, 2015

If We Treated Teachers Like Football Stars by TeachThought Staff What if we treated star teachers the way we treated

Teaching / February 21, 2015 / New Teacher

Creativity can take work to nurture, grow, and develop. Here are some ways teachers can increase the creativity in their classroom.

Technology / February 20, 2015 / W-News

YouTube for Kids is a child-centered app by Google that curates age-appropriate content for various age ranges.

We seek fluency in the language of math but don’t encourage students to use it in a social way, producing many who are anxious about math.