The Montessori Method: An Education For Creating Innovators
A Montessori education helps students develop a love for learning and self-mastery by teaching them to be self-directed learners who can realize their creative potential. Read More…
Education
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Rethinking Homework
After spending most of the day in school, children are typically given additional assignments to be completed at home. This is a rather curious fact when you stop to think about it, but not as curious as the fact that few people ever stop to think about it. Read More…
I gave my students iPads — then wished I could take them back
I placed an iPad into the outstretched hands of each of my third-grade students, and a reverent, tech-induced hush descended on our classroom. We were circled together on our gathering rug, just finished with a conversation about “digital citizenship” and “online safety” and “our school district bought us these iPads to help us learn, so […]
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. Read More…