Tag Archives: unschooling

“Montessori Mafia” Among the Creative Elite

Posted on July 29, 2011 by drewgolburgh

So shouldn’t we be paying a great deal of attention to the educational method that produced, among others, Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Wales, Peter Drucker, Julia Child, David Blaine, and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs? They were all … Continue reading →

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Like Reading, We Should be Ritualizing Math and Science

Posted on June 22, 2011 by drewgolburgh

What if we had a weekly curiosity ritual? From birth, children are natural scientists. From Birth! (Sorry for shouting.) Children want to understand the real world and organize it so that they can wrap their brains around it—almost literally.  Numbers, … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Competition

Posted on June 21, 2011 by drewgolburgh

I have been brought up to believe that competition builds character and brings out the best in us. Alfie Kohn, author of No Content: The Case Against Competition, presents an alternative point of view.  [Alfie Kohn] has spent the last few … Continue reading →

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Gatto’s 7 Lesson School Teacher

Posted on June 14, 2011 by drewgolburgh

John Taylor Gatto taught in the NY public school system for 30 years. After his 30th year, for which he was awarded the state teacher of the year, he abruptly resigned. He now writes and speaks about the inherent problems with … Continue reading →

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Florida Looks to “Simplify” Textbook Adoption Process

Posted on May 24, 2011 by drewgolburgh

As publishers explore the move to e-books and online content, lawmakers are looking to speed up the textbook adoption process by removing parents from the process. Should we have an opportunity to review the content in the textbooks our children … Continue reading →

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Wikis: Producing Instead of Consuming Knowledge

Posted on May 10, 2011 by drewgolburgh

For millions of students, the school day requires an agonizing routine built around the forced consumption of knowledge. Teachers present the days lesson, and the kids are expected to “learn” the material. But outside of our nation’s classrooms, “learning” has … Continue reading →

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