Schools are filled with all kinds of rooms.  Classrooms, offices, gyms, libraries, music rooms, computer and science labs, and more. The lat...

flickr image via stevendepolo During the 2012 NBC News Education Nation Summit titled, "Can Character Be Taught?", Russell ...

 flickr image via cameronparkins My school (formerly a sixth to eighth grade middle school,) is now an inquiry-focused, sciences and...

 flickr image via Allen McGregor My colleagues and I along with our students at Glendale Sciences and Technology School are embarki...

flickr image via Stuck in Customs Great strides have been made to adjust our instruction to meet individual student needs, but often w...

After learning about Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall experiment , I started thinking about how the context of Self-Organized Learning E...

flickr photo via PinkMoose I didn't spend much time involved with scouting as a child, but I do remember those badges. I still ha...

I've been looking for inspiration as a new school year begins.  Every year my school district holds its annual kick-off event, and thi...

flickr photo via David Blaine The first thirteen years of my teaching career were spent teaching in what are commonly referred to as a...

 flickr image via woodleywonderworks ... and the tools we need to travel them. Wyle E. Coyote knew that kits could help him catch t...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in whi...

A recent tweet in yet another fascinating conversation with the Nemeticists ... Unfolding-a word with such great connotation as applied...

I believe that we never stop learning, despite ourselves. Those who embrace the joy of learning, embrace the joy of life.  flickr phot...

I believe that effective education is about people, always. We must reach people on personal levels to foster relevance in what they learn...

  Children arrive at school expecting to learn. Teachers arrive at school expecting to teach. Parents, for the most part, trust that thi...

Passionate, caring teachers... maybe some of the luster and significance of these adjectives is lost in the broad world of cliche langua...

I came across this awesome Nike ad while attending the Alberta Lacrosse Association Annual General Meeting this fall. Kyle Miller, a worl...

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein Traditional s...

 I'm not too sure- do authentic, inspirational classrooms have to be 'managed?' When teachers use the term "classro...

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. ...