In a recent Edutopia article, Angela Duckworth says schools should be measuring things such as teamwork, loyalty, honesty, grit, and creativity. She is wrong. She says, “I don’t want to send a signal to young people that cognitive ability is the only…
read moreWhen people ask us what type of school Abrome is, or how we differ from other schools, we remind them that we are not a school. Abrome is an alternative to school. Abrome is Emancipated Learning. Every public school in America is…
read moreWe previously pointed out that the first step to ending school bullying was to end age segregation.[1] The second step is to eliminate competition and grades. The most overt (and odious) function of schooling is a sorting function. Edward Thorndike, the father…
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