Why focusing on children's strengths is the best way to learn
What if our job isn't to fix children's weaknesses, but to help them build on what already lights them up?
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What Montessori discovered: children already want to learn
Maria Montessori was not an educator. She just understood children better than anyone.
How project-based learning was born, ignored, and is slowly coming back
Project-based learning started about 130 years ago. Here is the basic idea plus resources on how to do it.
The school of today was designed for a factory. In 1763.
In 1763, a king issued a decree. An American brought it home 80 years later. Here's what happened next.
The model that educated da Vinci, Newton, and Mozart - and looked nothing like a classroom
Between ancient Greece and the industrial revolution, one model dominated. A tutor and a student. Here's what that looked like.
The word "school" used to mean leisure
From the Sumerian 'house of tablets' to Aristotle walking his students through the park - school used to look very different.
Two kids and a business that sells
What Happens When Kids Take the Lead
✨ We Launched Our First Pilot! ✨
And you should be a part of it
Back to (home/un)school
Exploring the many paths to a child-engaged alternative education
Who should teach our kids and what
Summer reflections on tutors, teaching, and letting curiosity lead