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Why George Orwell is Essential Reading
Rebecca Solnit’s Orwell’s Roses emphasizes George Orwell’s appreciation for beauty and joy as forms of resistance against authoritarianism, melding personal pleasure with political clarity in today’s precarious landscape. Read more
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The dunning-kruger effect: An orange wonders why others can’t see the truth
The Dunning-Kruger effect explains why people with limited knowledge often overestimate their abilities, while more knowledgeable individuals tend to underestimate themselves, leading to misinformed confidence. Read more
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Increasing Innate Curiosity
The post outlines effective K-12 strategies to enhance students’ curiosity and questioning skills, including routines, subject-specific techniques, assessment methods, and cultural practices to sustain engagement. Read more
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What Is Collective Learning?
Collective learning enhances collaborative education by enabling groups to co-create, share, and preserve knowledge. This process distributes wisdom across members, fostering cultural memory and leading to joint problem-solving. Despite its benefits in promoting engagement and understanding, it’s underused due to educators’ fear of failure. Read more
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Myles Horton and The Pedagogy of Protest
Myles Horton, an influential educator, emphasized democracy through grassroots collective action at the Highlander Folk School, teaching ordinary people to mobilize against injustice, shaping pivotal movements for racial and economic justice. Read more
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Engaging Youth At Home
In our complicated world we need more democratic and engaged people, everywhere, all of the time. This has never been more pressing than NOW. We often look to schools and civic institutions to take on this challenge, but we’re missing the point: The most powerful and fundamental starting point is right within our own homes… Read more
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