Engaging students in real-world tasks, such as apprenticeships, work/study opportunities, and community service projects impacts cognitive development more than classroom assignments or exams. Research has shown that engagement with complex real world tasks forges and strengthens neural pathways. Diving into that physically and mentally difficult job is a great exerciseContinue Reading
There’s an old joke about getting lost in the country and asking directions from the elderly farmer rocking on his front porch. The punch line is “Nope, can’t get there from here.” That pretty much sums up how we feel about efforts to change education. We all agree thatContinue Reading
You should not give jewelry to your hogs. They cannot wear your baubles and beads. That’s not to say that they won’t seem interested in your finery. But beware, as you make offering through the fence, the snorting, sniffing, and stretching is not what it appears to be. To pigs,Continue Reading