Filmaker Astra Taylor was unschooled at home, until she chose to attend high school and college. Here, in her first speech, she discusses what it means to be unschooled, the advantages and disadvantages for individuals, and the consequences for our society of schooling and unschooling.

This video, part of the Walker Art Center Artist Talk series, is ( Read more... )

I just ran across the article Hacking science: the intersection of web geeks and science geeks, by Ariel Waldman, on the Scientific American Guest Blog, thanks to someone on Google+ mentioning another article on the blog.

The brain storm of Jeremy Keith, Science Hack Day is a 48-hour marathon event intended to motivate adults to: "Get excited and ( Read more... )

Jonathan Morrow has a thought-provoking article on the 7 Bad Writing Habits You Learned in SchoolI think that in stating his case, he may have gone a bit too far. For example, there are many situations when I want to know the source of information and I'm not always averse to footnotes. I also think that it's important that students learn enough ( Read more... )

A friend of mine, Paul Tumarkin, is involved with producing a Cyber Summit on 21st Century Skills in association with The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The Cyber Summit is being held in conjunction with the National Summit on 21st Century Skills in Washington, D.C. on June 12. It's free to register and the events will include a series of ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I taught my first two sections of Career Development at Tucson College. My students are great; I'm so impressed by them. Many have worked so hard and made incredible sacrifices to be there. All of them, every single one, regardless of how academically inclined, is a winner.

Our textbook, Peak Performance: Success in College and Beyond
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