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RECOMMENDED READINGS & MEDIA
Books
- The Big Picture: Education is Everyone’s Business, By Dennis Littky
- One Kid at a Time, By Elliott Levine
- Leaving to Learn, By Elliott Washor
- Igniting Brilliance, By Willow Dea
- Project Based Learning: A Resource for Educators and Program Coordinators.
- National Academy Foundation.
- Real World Learning. Big Picture Learning.
- Family and Community Engagement. Big Picture Learning.
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, By Carol S. Dweck.
- How the Brain Learns, By David A. Sousa
Articles
- A venture capitalist searches for the purpose of school. Here’s what he found.
- Standards: Why Realizing the Full Promise of Education Requires a Fresh Approach
- Why Inquiry Learning is Worth the Trouble
- To Break the Mold, Is Competency Learning the Key?
- Can Self-Directed Learning work for Underprivileged Children?
- How To Get a Job at Google
- What Does a School Need to Enable Learning Based on Student Competency?
- We’re teaching our kids wrong: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates do not have the Answers
- Restorative Justice: What it is and What it is Not
- In New Hampshire, work experience plus academic skills equals course credit.
- Standards: Why Realizing the Full Promise of Education Requires a Fresh Approach
- What Does a School Need to Enable Learning Based on Student Competency?
Websites
- Big Picture Schools
- Mind/Shift
- Yong Zhou: Creative, Entrepeneurial and Global 21st Century Education
- Next Step Integral: Integral Education Resources
Videos
- Hackschooling Makes Me Happy
- Changing Education Paradigms: Sir Kenneth Robinson’s Do Schools Kill Creativity? TED Talk (animated)
- Schools that Work for Kids
- Forget What You Know
- Summerhill School Founder A.S. Neill