Hannah Emmanuele

Across the country, a record number of weather related school closures have occurred with possibly more on the way — school districts and families are feeling the pain.  While some schools are cancelling vacation days or extending the school year, ...

Grant Wiggins: offers persuasive evidence that the lecture that has been in place practically forever–even when jazzed up with Powerpoint slides–is no longer effective or relevant.  In case you need further proof,  he culled an impressive list of additional resources ...

The ‘grit’ phenomenon has captivated the nation since Angela Duckworth’s impressive ‘TedTalk Education’ last September.  Josie Holford posts a serious challenge to this notion for not only the growing population of disadvantaged students, but also for rich kids.  Here’s an ...

  App-smashing, co-creating artifacts of learning, fighting the boring monster, developing perseverance and grit–this teacher gets it. Parents seeking to understand how modern learning culture presents in a public school setting will be richly rewarded by hearing London, Ontario elementary ...

Some exciting things have been happening the last few years in Albemarle Public Schools under Superintendent Pam Moran’s leadership. Via NBC29.com:  An Albemarle County high school is doing away with a traditional library space and is instead letting students take ...

The city Reggio Emilia in Italy is recognized worldwide for its innovative approach to education.  About 88 Reggio Emilia schools operate in the US.  The Reggio Emilia philosophy is based on the following principles: Children are the center of the learning ...

In his quest to create richer more meaningful experiences for our children in school, Alfie Kohn offers a dozen practical guidelines as a conversation starter with teachers, parents and students in place of the misguided policies currently being promoted as ...

Sandy Speicher of IDEO reports that many educators and school leaders are working to integrate design thinking into their classrooms and IDEO and the K–12 Lab Network at Stanford’s d.school have been a part of making some of these programs ...

Sixth graders from game-based learning school Quest to Learn take risks in the process of designing a Rube Goldberg machine.  Research has shown experiencing risk and failure enables more creativity, innovation, and engagement and teaches resilience and perseverance. The school ...

Deciding what every child should know in every grade, longer and harder tests, more data to judge our students, teachers and schools. I’m not at all convinced these reform measures are going to result in a better learning experience for ...