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Oops, I TEDed Again!
With all of the problems in the world, I know what you’ve been thinking. “I sure wish there was a new Gary Stager TED Talk …
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Look What Teachers Can Do!
Look at what preK-6 Mexican teachers did in my recent PBL 360 workshop in Guadalajara. This was their first experience with engineering, physical computing, and …
Who’s that Guy with Stager?
Gary Stager is returning to Australia to once again keynote the FutureSchools Conference in his adopted second hometown of Melbourne in March 2018. He will …
Whole School Summer Reading Suggestions for Educators
I once heard former President Clinton say, “every problem in education has been solved somewhere.” Educators stand on the shoulders of giants and should be fluent …
NO! I Will Not Buy Your Damned School Supplies!
This time of year, the “news” is full of heartwarming back-to-school tales of good citizens buying school supplies for needy classrooms. Pop-music footnotes, Katy Perry …
Paying for Homework
I just received the following email from my nephew, a conscientious and excellent student currently enrolled at an East Coast university costing $68,000/year – before …
#IProfitOffAhmed.com
Neither social justice or the right to a high-quality public school education free of brutality and intolerance can be exchanged for exciting cash and prizes.
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My Objections to the Common Core State Standards (1.0)
The following is an attempt to share some of my objections to Common Core in a coherent fashion. These are my views on a controversial …
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Costa Rican Annual Lecture Videos
In November, I had a the great honor of working with my colleagues at the Omar Dengo Foundation, Costa Rica’s NGO responsible for computers in …
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___Thinking
Thinking and learning are strong proud words. When educational publishers or policy-makers seek to modify such terms, (re: design thinking, discovery learning, computational thinking…), the result seems less than …