This quote, so well-known, is maybe a litmus test for us when we hear the political and policy debates about education. Education is often t...
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"Nine tenths of education is encouragement." - Anatole France
As the parent of four children, there are certain counterpoints (or tensions) that I feel I am balancing as I work to help my children: str...
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Join Us This Thursday for "The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning" (Must Register)
Join us this Thursday, April 30th, 2015 for the online Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , a three-...
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Events + News - The Emerging Future on Thursday - Educational Podcasting - Global Education Day - Less is More Lesson from Finland
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"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair.
This has been a favorite quote of mine for years. In taking care of my dad last year, I discovered he had a copy of it taped on the wall of ...
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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." - Unknown
The above quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein, but the incredibly extensive investigation documented at http://quoteinvestigator.c...
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"Almost all education has a political motive." - Bertrand Russell
The fuller quote is: Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social,...
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"I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays, and have things arranged for them, that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas." - Agatha Christie
This quote is echoed in the writings of lots of accomplished people--often in the form of how they needed to overcome schooling to accomplis...
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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?
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"Human beings are curious by nature." - Aristotle
This question of our inherent nature is at the heart of how we think about teaching, learning, and formal education. Can and will children l...
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We have to stop pretending...
Responding to Scott McLeod challenge . When it comes to education, I say we have to stop pretending… That it's OK for the majority of st...
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Events + News - #TLChat LIVE! - NMC Preview - Students in Charge - iSchool Initiative
April 13th - April 27th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscrib...
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Events + News - New Curated "Revolution" Blog - NMC Preview - Games for Change - The Modern University is Failing...
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Register Now for the (Online) Library 2.0 Spring Summit - "The Emerging Future"
Join us on April 30th, 2015 for the free, online Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , a three-hour c...
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