Stop Turning Kids Off to Learning—HW Answers Don’t Always Need Full Sentences

Here is a primer on how to take fascinating subjects—that we adults are passionate about—and make them deadly dull for schoolchildren.
Assign a large number of homework questions and make children answer them in full sentences.
Full sentences? Toward what end?
Let’s say the homework question is: What is the capital city of Sweden, and, what popular singing [...]

Bring Back Imagination in Children

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
These are our sentiments, but not our words; they belong to Albert Einstein.
If the words speak the truth, then why has imagination been allowed to slip so far down in the educational scheme of things?
We feel strongly that the time is right for an [...]

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