Lesson of the Day
Four out of five kindergarteners agree. . Foam blocks suck.
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Newark, NJ: Larger Class Sizes and Unqualified Teachers – Perfect Together
In my thirty-two years of work with schools and educators on six continents, I have never worked with more caring, competent, generous or hardworking educators than those employed by the Newark Public Schools.
Computational Thinking?
Candidly, I have not been enthusiastic about teaching “computational thinking” to kids. In nearly every case, computational thinking seemed to be a dodge intended to …
NEW! International Strategy for 1:1 Implementation
The following new strategy for 1:1 implementation in schools has been based on careful observation of emerging standards and implementation patterns across the globe. Step …
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Wasted Intensity
“Young people have a remarkable capacity for intensity….” Those words, uttered by one of America’s leading public intellectuals, Dr. Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, …
A Milestone in the Annals of Education
As Thomas Friedman once said, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Two educators have developed a radical pedagogical theory solving an timeless problem that has …
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Voice is Cheap
Student voice is good. We should take the needs, interests, concerns, talent, curiosity, discomfort, and joy of children seriously. (pretty courageous statement, eh?) However, if …
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A Love Letter
I’ve been thinking a lot about my friend, colleague, and mentor Dr. Seymour Papert a lot lately. Our new book, “Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, …
One in a Million
I suppose that school IT departments are a necessary evil, but that does not change the fact that 999 out of 1,000 of them are …
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Should My School Teach Keyboarding? (1989)
Note from Gary Stager… In 1989, a great friend, colleague and pioneer in educational computing, Steve Shuller, authored the following literature review. Steve was Director …