Hello, Hello!
It’s Mark Gordon, ye ole’ teacher. Hope this finds you well. Surprisingly, lost class videos recently resurfaced and has motivated me to reach out and share some news. Before I …
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Teachers, Looking to Spice Up the Curriculum?
There are ways even in a restrictive curriculum. If you’re a high school teacher interested in a tool, idea, or a question that will engage your students in the fall, …
We Know How to Save Lives. Why Aren’t We?
A Few Years Before a Suicide Epidemic Hit Palo Alto’s Prestigious High Schools When will the immense cost of our testing madness be fully recognized and changed? 21 years and …
Why This Game Is Important and Fun Too!
“Questions They Didn’t Ask in High School” This conversational card game will have you wonder and smile. And it’s a starter kit to become your own best friend. What if …
What’s Important to Know?
What does it take to be an educated human? What does educated mean? Skilled in what areas? In this ever rapidly changing world, what skills are, and will be, the …
Imagine Learning from K-12 Based on Law? The Laws of Nature
Waking up, you remember you can’t wait to get to school because today you’re learning a new law on how our world operates. It’s connected to the temperatures dropping 20 …
If You Could Invent a World, What Would You Surround Yourself With?
What if the antidote to an often harsh and care-less world is creating an environment where you feel fully at home? What would your sanctuary include? My sanctuary is a …
The Master: Making Kids Heroes
As a rookie teacher, I knew I was observing something extraordinary—even magical. Every first grader was fully engaged whether working in small groups or by themselves. Some were experimenting with …
Hail to the Teachers!
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than even their parents, for these only give them life, those the art of living well.” — Aristotle Imagine if …
What if there’s a tool to transform alienated teens into passionate learners?
What if there’s a tool to transform alienated teens into passionate learners?