Playing to Learn -- "Success depends on embracing a curriculum focused on essential skills like reading, writing, computation, pattern detection, conversation and collaboration — a curriculum designed to raise children, rather than test scores."

John Taylor Gatto: Why Schools Don't Educate -- "We need to invent curriculum where each kid has a chance to develop private uniqueness and self-reliance."

The Importance of Play -- "The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health."

 

Why So Many Kids Can't Sit Still -- "In order for children to learn, they need to be able to pay attention. In order to pay attention, we need to let them move."