This is the adult I want to be. My ability to understand and share in the ideas, aspirations, desires, concerns, hopes, fears, and dreams of...
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Events + News - K12 Online Call for Proposals - Library 2.0 Spring Summit Recordings - Starting to Homeschool Webinar Today
May 29th - June 8th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Educati...
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"We should seek to be fellow students with the pupil, and should learn of, as well as with him, if we would be most helpful to him." - Henry David Thoreau
There's a great, small character in the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , the elderly and stately janitor Mister Jenson. He's belo...
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Shadows on the Wall - The Futility of Ed Reform
Have you ever had a thought come to you with such force or clarity that you realized your thinking, from this point forward, will never be t...
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"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." - Isaac Asimov
Technically, I don't agree with this quote. There are all kinds of ways that education, teaching, learning, and schooling take place whe...
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Announcing Library 2.015 - 5th Annual Global Conference on the Future of Libraries + Call for Proposals
21st Century Tools, Skills and Competencies Take Center Stage at Global Library Conference “How can we delight our users and customers?” Th...
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Events + News - This Month in School Libraries - Future Ready Schools Online Summit - Student Coding
May 18th - June 1st, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Educati...
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"If you want happiness for a lifetime, help the next generation." - Chinese saying
Investing in and caring for future generations is surely the hallmark of a mature society. It is the motivation of almost everyone I know wh...
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Money, Power, and "Science" as Policy
I'm so very appreciative of those who do scientific research, whose work helps to better lives and deepen understanding. But we have to ...
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Save the Date: June 24th - Future Ready Schools | 2015 School Leadership Summit
Each year TICAL ( http://www.portical.org ) holds an annual School Leadership Summit . This year's Summit, on June 24th from 8:00-4:30 ...
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"Curiosity is a delicate little plant that, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom." - Albert Einstein
Having researched many quotes only to find that good ones tend to get credited to famous people (maybe because that lends them more credence...
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Education Needs a System of Profound Knowlege
An understanding of W. Edwards Deming 's teachings is so very needed in education today. Just look at his fourteen key principles for tr...
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"One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure." - John W. Gardner
Failure is not a fun word. It's something negative. When we try and celebrate failure in education (and I understand the positive reas...
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A Perspective on the Role of Foundations in Education Policy
“We view with alarm the activity of the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations—agencies not in any way responsible to the people—in their effo...
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"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." - Fred Rogers
Well-worth reading on play: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201505/early-academic-training-produces-long-term-harm "...
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Events + News - ISTE "unplugged" Events - Educational Podcasting Tips and Tricks - Using Movie Magic
May 11th - May 25th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Educati...
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"I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education." - Mark Twain
Like many other clever quotes, this does not appear to have actually been said by Mark Twain, but is often attributed to him. It appear that...
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"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and let him know that you trust him." - Booker T. Washington
I'm thinking about the corrosive effects of criticizing teachers. If you're in a business, you talk about "managing" peopl...
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"People seldom see the halting and painful steps at which the most insignificant success is achieved." - Anne Sullivan
I've notice in my own life how long the arc of learning sometimes is for me. Grappling with difficult thoughts or challenges I sometimes...
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The Appetite of Institutions
Seth Godin writes : "The question each of us has to answer about the institution we care about is: Does this place exist to maintain a...
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