Terminating the Thomas Gradgrinds from Education Once and For All

Instead of facts, let’s celebrate creativity and problem-solving

“Olympian bards who sung
Divine ideas below,
Which always find us young,
And always keep us so.” — Emerson. 1844.

Classroom scene in Washington, D.C. public schools: 1st Division. Link.

The idea came, as Blanche DuBois would have declared, “like a bolt from the blue.” But this “bolt” was no…