Alternative Learning Organization

The 13th annual, international Rethinking Education Conference was held at the Marriot Solana in Westlake, Texas. The conference is designed to foster communication, enrichment, inspiration, motivation and networking for unschooling families. Unschooling is often lumped into the “homeschooling” category, but proponents of unschooling contest that it is an entirely different ball game. Indeed, the denim-skirt [...]

New research makes the case for hard tests, and suggests an unusual technique that anyone can use to learn Not knowing the answer can be a good thing Magdalena Tworkowska For years, many educators have championed “errorless learning," advising teachers (and students) to create study conditions that do not permit errors. For example, a classroom teacher [...]