Elle LeherApr 253 minBeing Wonderfully WiredParents: no longer on the outside of education“I feel like you're parenting us parents,” I said to Heather Wells in this month’s episode of the podcast. Heather and I were talking...
Elle LeherApr 185 minSocial Emotional LearningTeachers are farmers, not factory workers “The core role of a teacher is facilitating learning… but much of what teachers are expected to do is something other than teaching.”...
Elle LeherApr 114 minBeing Wonderfully WiredChildren are natural born learnersLast week we suggested changing our metaphor for schools: Instead of seeing schools as factories and students as products on a conveyor...
Elle LeherApr 43 minBeing Wonderfully WiredSchools are farms not factoriesEver wondered why our schools look the way they do? Why do children go to school in groups of others their own age? Why are days divided...