On National Opt Out Day, let's opt out of more than just standardized tests. Let's opt out of all formal tests in the elementary years. Tests, in the vast majority of conventional primary schools, inadvertently turn the classroom into a memorization and recall machine. The result is students...

Watching the viral video of school bus monitor Karen Klein being bullied by middle school students, people across the country are angry and outraged -- and looking for someone to blame. Where did these children's lack of respect and empathy for Klein, a 68 year-old grandmother of eight,...

The controversy over what we should do for children with ADHD just keeps going, and going. In one corner we have researchers like L. Alan Sroufe, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota, claiming in a widely read New York Times' op-ed called "Ritalin Gone Wrong" that in...

Over a century ago, Dr. Maria Montessori discovered through scientific observations of children that they are not empty vessels to be filled -- they are intrinsically motivated doers. She saw that providing a hands-on learning environment that valued choice, concentration, collaboration, community, curiosity, and real-world application produced lifelong learners who...