When you think of a typical school -- or even a “very good” school -- what are some images that come to mind? Most of us probably envision rows of “student desks” in a classroom, students armed with paper and pencil and notebooks, the teacher “giving notes” and students “taking notes” about some academic topic. What’s the purpose of it all? To transmit knowledge, as efficiently as possible, from the brain of the expert (teacher or curriculum developer) to the brain of the student. Read More...

My mind halted when I heard it: just a quote from a character in a book, a man describing John Lennon to his young daughter, thirty years after Lennon's death. He was describing what Lennon was saying in his song, "Imagine." Read More...