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What if I only taught part-time? That was my favorite daydream question as an elementary-school teacher in Massachusetts. Just to be clear, I wasn’t exactly looking to work…
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The Indian recipe said to grease the baking dish. This was my first task. The others on my cooking team had different jobs. One of the Finnish ninth graders…
When I creaked open the door to a first grade classroom, I noticed a dozen seven-year-olds sprawled around the room. About half of them were sitting at rectangular…
“We just think seven- and eight-year-olds should have free play in the afternoon. There’s no need for them to do an eight-hour workday.” As I listen to Juulia,…
[Note: My new online course, “The Finnish Education Insider” is open for enrollment! The first 50 students get more than 50%-off the regular price. Sign up here! ] These days,…
“The changes to kindergarten make me sick,” a veteran teacher in Arkansas recently admitted to me. “Think about what you did in first grade—that’s what my 5-year-old babies…
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