RIP Seymour Papert

One of the most frustrating moments when I give a talk to educators is the moment when I put Seymour Papert’s picture and…

The One Word That Prevents Real Educational Reform From Happening

My Problem With a “Growth Mindset”

Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t like just about every five year old have a “growth mindset?” I mean, depending on parents and other circumstances, I’m sure even kids that age can see themselves as limited. But most of the tail-waggers I’ve seen in kindergarten…

Learning the Change

The world as it is today, the one in which we have access to all sorts of knowledge, people, and technologies, that world is not the one that most current educators thought they were stepping into when they went into teaching. The image of schooling that most had was built on scarcity of those…