Three Lessons From Bluey
How to speak to build resilience, building hearts first and then minds, and kids are emotionally tougher than we give them credit
The Jagged Frontier
Not every kid needs to be at grade level in every subject all the time. With patience and love, they’ll all get there in their time.
Why are Microschools Rare?
They hard to get right and they really don’t scale. But when done right, the result is magical.
On Discipline and Consequences
The key is to be loving and firm together. But learning how to pull this off in tense moments is the real challenge.
Student Story: CT
The experience of a real Inner Fire student. How we support their challenges, gain their trust, and nurture their giftedness.
Teaching For a Mixed Age Class
How do you create content for a group of students of varying knowledge and ability? How can you avoid it being too easy or too hard for some students?
How You Feel > What You Know
Traditional teaching is about what kids know. Great teaching is about what kids think and feel.
Lagunitas Open Classroom
A progressive school from the 70s that shares Inner Fire’s values
Good Education Doesn't Scale, Bad Education Does
I have no idea how to make education successful at scale, but I know what I can do in one classroom.
Less Measurement, More Joy
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." And we love managing things, especially children's education.
Where has all the genius gone?
Why has genius per capita been on a steady decline in the last two centuries?
Evolving Education
Despite exponentially more resources, education today looks roughly like it did 100 years ago. What’s keeping us back?
The 80-50-20 Method
How to teach new skills in an engaging, confidence-building way that will stick.
Teaching For Maximum Learning
If students learn best by doing things themselves, and so much great learning content is freely available online, what then is the role of the teacher?