Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.

Time to Reset the School Clock

“Every kid is different. Why force each mind to fit the same timetable?” asks this article written by a British Columbia teacher. If individuals learn in a variety of styles and on different schedules, who benefits from the formal rigidity of current school timetable? And if we know that learning is not confined to the classroom, couldn’t we ‘do’ school differently?

Youngsters who are empowered as adolescents to take charge of their own futures will make better cit-21st Century Learning Initi

Youngsters who are empowered as adolescents to take charge of their own futures will make better citizens in the future than did so many of their parents and their grandparents who suffered from being over-schooled, but under-educated in their own generations.

Society as a whole (and certainly not simply schools on their own) has to rethink how to use the cre-21st Century Learning Initi

Society as a whole (and certainly not simply schools on their own) has to rethink how to use the creative energy of adolescence to the overall good of the community.

Society, going back to the stage of the diaspora out of Africa, needs both the impatience, and the e-21st Century Learning Initi

Society, going back to the stage of the diaspora out of Africa, needs both the impatience, and the energy, of adolescents to keep it vital.

When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and co-Michael Ungar

When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them. But as they grow into young adults and we continue to manage their lives, running interference with teachers and coaches, we are, in fact, unwittingly stunting them. By continuing to protect them from failure and disappointment, many of our kids are missing out on the “risk-taker’s advantage,” the benefits that come from experiencing manageable amounts of danger.

….In studying resilience-related themes.. I found was that opportunities to take chances, take res-Michael Ungar

….In studying resilience-related themes.. I found was that opportunities to take chances, take responsibility for others and for yourself, were things that predict positive outcomes for kids growing up under very difficult circumstances. Yet I began to see the very same things that we know help kids get through tough situations, were actually being _denied_ kids who were in very, very good living situations, in very, very safe environments at home and in the community.

Inside the Teenage Brain

Dr. Jay Giedd is a neuroscientist at the National Institute of Mental Health. Recently, he spearheaded research showing for the first time that there is a wave of growth and change in the adolescent brain. He believes that what teens do during their adolescent years — whether it’s playing sports or playing video games — can affect how their brains develop.

(Source: Frontline Report, PBS.org)

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Learning is not something which requires time out from productive activity; learning is the very hea-Shoshama Zuboff

Learning is not something which requires time out from productive activity; learning is the very heart of productive activity.

The principle reason high schools now enroll nearly all teenagers is that we can't imagine what else-Thomas Hine

The principle reason high schools now enroll nearly all teenagers is that we can't imagine what else to do with them.

"We might find out there are things we can do…(in adolescence)... to make a better brain (that) is-Jay Geidd

"We might find out there are things we can do…(in adolescence)... to make a better brain (that) is not through four hours a night of homework. What if we find that, in the end, what the brain of the adolescent wants is play, that is certainly possible. What if the brain grows best when it is allowed to play?"

Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.

Time to Reset the School Clock

Youngsters who are empowered as adolescents to take charge of their own futures will make better cit-21st Century Learning Initi

Society as a whole (and certainly not simply schools on their own) has to rethink how to use the cre-21st Century Learning Initi

Society, going back to the stage of the diaspora out of Africa, needs both the impatience, and the e-21st Century Learning Initi

When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and co-Michael Ungar

….In studying resilience-related themes.. I found was that opportunities to take chances, take res-Michael Ungar

Inside the Teenage Brain

Learning is not something which requires time out from productive activity; learning is the very hea-Shoshama Zuboff

The principle reason high schools now enroll nearly all teenagers is that we can't imagine what else-Thomas Hine

"We might find out there are things we can do…(in adolescence)... to make a better brain (that) is-Jay Geidd

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