by Beth Hopkins | Jul 26, 2014 | Education Blog
The Common Core is a federal educational initiative in the U.S. that sets out standards for K-12 English language and mathematics learning. It was introduced in 2009 (with major implementation in 2014) as a response to declining global educational rankings for U.S....
by Beth Hopkins | Jul 26, 2014 | Education Blog
When I was ten years old, my parents got a hammock for the backyard of our small duplex in a working class neighborhood of Montreal. I would lie there for hours looking up at the sky, contemplating the day and trying to distinguish shapes in the clouds. Some clouds...
by Beth Hopkins | Jul 26, 2014 | Education Blog
Developed by Rudolf Steiner in Germany in 1919, the Waldorf method is a humanistic art and nature-based educational philosophy that stresses social skills, creativity, spirituality and hands-on work. Waldorf schools are pretty exclusive and expensive – there are...
by Nasser Chanda | Jul 22, 2014 | Education Blog
Clayton Christensen is at the top of his game. A world-renowned Harvard Business School professor, he is adored by his students, cherished by his readers and sought out by companies the world over for management advice. This wasn’t always the case. Many years ago, he...
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