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Monday, June 10, 2013
The Ort Report
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Last week, our lower school (5th and 6th grades) went "camping" at Camp Jewell, close to the Massachusetts border. We had a fan...
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Should kids read less?
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Instead of reading for four hours a day, I think our kids would be better off reading for two hours a day and consuming carefully selected ...
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Do Whales Eat Bears?
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This is a post about messing around, but it's also about background knowledge, conceptual change, and inquiry. The genesis of this is de...
Monday, April 15, 2013
The Hard Sell
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Imagine two schools: School #1 has an air-tight system of accountability for students and spends an enormous amount of time and energy ens...
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Text Selection Matters, or STOP WASTING TIME
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Let me start by saying that I believe very few things more strongly than I believe what I am about to write. I've been wrong in the past...
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Getting Less out of Bicycle Riding
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On this beautiful spring weekend, you could choose one of the following ways to spend a morning with your child: a) You could ride bikes t...
Monday, March 25, 2013
The First Rule of Songfest
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At KIPP Fresno in 2004, we wanted to start a Friday tradition that had enjoyed some success at other similar schools, so we started Songfest...
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