Everybody is born with a love for learning. Look at a baby. She wants to explore everything around her, tasting, touching, smelling, feeling, hearing – learning all about the environment (including her own body). Nature set things up that way so that we’d always be learning, growing, and adapting to an ever-changing environment. Something, however,...Read More
Nothing has been more disconcerting to me in my forty-five years as an educator than to ask a parent or teacher: ”What is your child’s (or teen’s) strengths?” and have them answer: ”He hasn’t got any.” I’ve actually heard this several times in my career. It was such responses that motivated me to come up...Read More
I just received in my email box a link to a video made by the kids at Yealey Elementary School, in Florence, Kentucky, reviewing my new children’s book: Smarts! Everybody’s Got Them. Intended for kids ages 5 to 9, the book presents Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences through pictures and words. Each of the...Read More
This video presents a clear case for school reform based on how Albert Einstein might implement changes. It presents 12 school-based interventions using supporting quotations from Albert Einstein’s writings. The 12 ways include: focusing on imagination, opening children to a sense of wonder, promoting individuality over standardization, putting play back in preschool and kindergarten,...Read More
Yesterday, I wrote a blog post giving 17 reasons why I believe ADHD is not a legitimate medical disorder. Today, I’ve converted the script into a video with a narrative track and a series of images to drive home what I am saying. I hope that it will spark some meaningful dialogue. For more information...Read More
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