A question is…a unique and potentially sophisticated instrument.
Are we asking the right questions? By Leon Neyfakh, Boston Globe Ideas A question is more than the simple thing…
Are we asking the right questions?
Questions have surprising power to improve our lives, say a group of thinkers, if only we take the trouble to figure out how they work.
Make the Work Easier for Teachers: Teach Students to Think for Themselves
What do a middle school teacher in a challenging Atlanta public school and a Ph.D graduate student teaching undergraduate physics…
Sharing the Power of the Question
Here’s a curious way to think about whole child education: we should dwell on all that a student does not…
Did Socrates Get it Wrong?
A couple of months ago I gave the opening talk (14 minutes) for a day long TEDxSomerville (MA) event. There…
Setting Off and Sustaining Sparks of Curiosity and Creativity
In the summer of 2010, Newsweek pronounced—on its cover no less—that the United States was suffering from a “Creativity Crisis.” The coauthors…