What are schools for?

Training? Preparation? Umm, learning? Learning, in my experience, is rarely discussed in schools. If brought up in conversation it is almost immediately morphed into “student achievement” or some other term that dodges a close and sincere examination of what constitutes learning. Learning is a process – not a thing. It is fluid and nonlinear – […]

Mr. Wright

This video depicts an amazing physics teacher, Mr. Wright, and his family. Mr. Wright’s son was born with an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder called Joubert Syndrome. He loves his son and family and he loves his students… He shares his stories with his students to teach them much more than physics.