What is The Genius Hour

And can I implement it?  I think the way I imagine it, it would be so cool and fit my personality.  I would love to just do crafts and I know I could incorporate curriculum into that.  But I need to look into this:

The Course
The Website

I've downloaded some Kindle Books.  I plan on learning more.

I Guess I Agree

Nye on Common Core In fact, I do agree. I'm not sure if I still can teach the way I love to, but we do need some basic standards.

Thoughts at the beginning of the school year

5 Education Myths

Exuberant Discovery

This is the why. It fits the Common Core philosophy. I do wonder, often I do wonder, HOW to get to this place with unmotivated, reluctant learners.  Especially with such a prescribed set of learning experiences. No matter. It is  worth the effort. Neuroscience Behind Stress and Learnin

It's a Beautiful Thing, Wonder

http://www.radiolab.org/story/tell-me-wave-where-did-you-come-who-made-you_kw/#.U8_4Al6wsFg.facebook

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

AKA "advocacy research".   It occurred to me that money isn't as scarce for the Walton family , or for the charter school corporations, as it is in public schools. http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/07/22/334049393/charters-money-and-test-scores?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140722

And Just For Fun

Should I teach this video? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc