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Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)
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JACK OF ROUGH DRAFTS, MASTER OF CRAFTS When I asked a handful of education pioneers to name the best teacher of rethinking they’ve ever encountered, I kept hearing the same name: Ron Berger.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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Jonathan Mooney • Normal Sucks
I’m a firm believer in the importance of making education, job training, and opportunities accessible to all. Yet I don't think we can rely on governments and institutions to provide them. Can you imagine having the best teachers in the world create compelling online courses that are free and accessible for all? They could do that with a business m... See more
Patrick Rivera • The emerging Internet Renaissance — my interview with Patrick Ri…
Mehta and Fine profiled one high school in a network of 14 project-based charter schools serving more than 5,000 students. The students are drawn by lottery, representing all social groups. They do not sit in rows taking notes. Rather, grouped into teams of 50, they work together on complicated interdisciplinary projects. Teachers serve as coaches ... See more
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
Socrates isn’t giving many graduation addresses these days. Yet this wisdom is at the heart of a new generation of aptitude assessments intended to help individuals, including middle- and high-school students, understand themselves better.
Education Next • First, Know Thyself. Then, Pick a Career Path
UNCOVERING THE ULTRALEARNERS
Scott H. Young • Ultralearning
People with differences get services in school, their struggles are recognized, but only if they are willing to pathologize themselves, emphasize their problems, downplay their strengths, and claim differences as deficiencies.
Jonathan Mooney • Normal Sucks
I don’t think I’d ever been more face-to-face with my own ignorance.