Well, we haven’t written in quite some time — we’ve been busy! We are thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of our first two books: Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding. The secondary edition will be out in January and the elementary… Read More ›
Today’s post was written by a 2015 Ed2Save Fellow, Jessie Mouw. Her Fellow’s Project is to promote and redefine the importance of failure as a natural and important part of the learning process. Her words follow: The Case for Failure-Friendly Schools… Read More ›
After a lackluster response to my most recent unit on the Industrial Revolution — who knew I could be so excited to investigate the relationship between industrialization, progress, capitalism, and justice, while my students could be so apathetic? — I spent some… Read More ›
You may have noticed that we’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from the blog as of late. We’ve actually been working on a book (!) for the past few months, and Julie welcomed a new baby boy last week, so… Read More ›
Here at Ed2S we frequently ask ourselves, “What would Copernicus do?” We ask that question because we believe we are living in the midst of a major transformation in the way we think about formal schooling. Copernicus is the scientist credited for… Read More ›
Differentiation is a word that is used often in education — but I worry there is a lack of consensus on what it means, it’s purpose and what it looks like in the classroom. Here is an attempt to distill the… Read More ›
The most popular Ted Talk of all time is one of Ken Robinson’s where he argues that schools kill creativity. His popular books, The Element and Finding Your Element also talk about how traditional schooling often gets in the way… Read More ›
