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Should we still teach writing to those with writing challenges?

As I write, my eldest sits and does online aptitude testing for career guidance. She reads the word based questions and I wonder if...

How can teachers start helping Wonderfully Wired kids?

I’ve been thinking about teachers with empathy and concern. What would it take for teachers under pressure to deliver results to get a ...

"Reading isn’t voting!" Julie Bogart

My eldest daughter recently found herself on the wrong side of offense when she was tasked to read a historical document on eugenics...

"There are no educational emergencies", Julie Bogart

My husband says all disappointments are a result of unmet expectations. That’s a good sentiment when it comes to managing my expectations...

Parents: 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...

Teachers 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.”...

Children are natural born learners

Last week we suggested changing our metaphor for schools: Instead of seeing schools as factories and students as products on a conveyor...

Schools are farms not factories

Ever 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...