Leadership is About Subtraction
Any good school leader knows that they can’t keep piling new mandates on teachers and kids. Yet, few school leaders and policy makers seemingly refuse …
You Don’t Get to Call Yourself a School Reformer
It seems to me that “school reformer” is not a title one gets to bestow upon herself. Like genius and artist, “reformer,” is a title …
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The Case for Computing (2003)
The Case for Computing By Gary S. Stager A chapter from the book, Snapshots! Educational Insights from the Thornburg Center Stager, G. (2003). The Case for …
Playground Poem
As far too many American schools become obsessed with time-on-task, achievement, and beating the rest of the world in long division, play, recess, and even …
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Gary Stager’s Full ASCD Interview About Making
Following my presentation at the March ASCD National Conference, Sarah McKibben of ASCD interviewed me for an article, If You Build It: Tinkering with the Maker …
Need Some Ideas for Learning with Your 3D Printer?
I’m enormously pleased that our publishing company, Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, has just released The Invent To Learn Guide to 3D Printing in the Classroom …
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TEDs? I’ve Had a Few…
Read all about my 2017 TED Talk, Care Less or watch it below. This is my 4th and most recent TED Talk. All of my …
The Day My Google Alert Went Crazy
I’ve been online since 1983 and my own web site dates back to the first term of the Clinton presidency. Along the way, I may …
…and then? (beta – may be improved later)
I am always looking for ways to help teachers be more intentional and create deeper learning experiences for their students. Today, through the haze of …
Lesson of the Day
Four out of five kindergarteners agree. . Foam blocks suck.