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"Good Ideas" in Education
I taught fourth grade for eleven years. I loved teaching. I loved the kids. I loved trying to meet each child’s special needs. But...

jody cooper
Jan 19, 20223 min read
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Donna’s Curriculum – Living on a Goat Farm
Donna’s family lived on a goat farm. She had a pragmatic approach to schooling and was very adept at taking from school and from...

jody cooper
Mar 19, 20214 min read
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I Wish I Had Written the Following
Ravenous Butterflies “Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this:...

jody cooper
Jan 13, 20211 min read
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A Brief History of Education
"When we see that children everywhere are required by law to go to school, that almost all schools are structured in the same way, and...

jody cooper
Jan 6, 20211 min read
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Is Real Educational Reform Possible? If So, How?
This article, Is Real Educational Reform Possible? If So, How?, by Peter Gray, PhD, was published in Psychology Today and referenced on...

jody cooper
Jan 3, 20211 min read
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So, what are Lessons for Education from the Pandemic?
Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education under George W. Bush, wrote an article in the WSJ: Covid-19’s Painful – and essential –...

jody cooper
Dec 23, 20203 min read
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The Future of Education
The Wall Street Journal published an article in November called Is This the End of College as We Know It? If you are interested in the...

jody cooper
Dec 11, 20202 min read
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Some of the More Sparkly Things about PAcyber
J: So, is there anything else you think I should know about Cyber School? H: Let me have a little think about some of the more sparkly...

jody cooper
Oct 30, 20203 min read
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Hilda Talks about Cyber School
J: Could you briefly tell me about your family? H: I’m married with three children: a boy who is 21 and two girls aged 19 and 16. J: So,...

jody cooper
Oct 26, 20209 min read
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A gradual, slight, imperceptible change in my own behavior and perception.(The Social Dilemma)
When our elementary school acquired its first digital cameras back in the 2000s, I got in line to use them for my fourth graders. They...

jody cooper
Sep 29, 20205 min read
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