How (Not) To Judge a Fish
Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing...
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jodycordova
- Sep 7
- 6 min
See Dick Run
Most everyone has heard of the Dick and Jane readers. They were written by Zerna Sharp and published in the forties. For the next 30...
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jodycordova
- Sep 3
- 6 min
The Classroom Lecture Must Go Away
For decades educators have known classroom lectures must go away. Why? Lecture Based Learning Responding to a question about the...
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jodycordova
- Aug 28
- 3 min
Education: A Tamarisk Tree
“One of the characteristics of democratic times is that all men have a taste for easy successes and immediate pleasures … men do not want...
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jodycordova
- Aug 23
- 3 min
How Will Students Benefit from Personalized Learning?
Personalized Learning is the new meme for education. Educators see it as the future in learning and are making efforts to employ its...
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jodycordova
- Aug 17
- 6 min
When a Revolution in Education is the Only Option
Education in America is beyond the point of a correction here and there. It is no longer accomplishing its mandate and is in fact, often...
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jodycordova
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Education, Genius, and the Declining Use of Paperclips
In 1968, George Land (with Beth Jarman) conducted a research study to test the creativity of 1,600 children ranging in ages from...
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jodycordova
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Why Is A Personalized Learning Curriculum More Effective?
There is a lot of confusion about what makes an educational process 'personalized'. In an earlier post I wrote briefly about the...
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jodycordova
- Jul 30
- 3 min
We Love Teachers
We love and appreciate teachers. With rare exception they work hard, do a great job, and receive little thanks for it. In certain places...
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jodycordova
- Jul 25
- 4 min
The 2nd Element of Personalized Learning: Personal Learning Path
Every day, every person is on a learning path. We all begin that path even before birth. In the womb we learn what our mom sounds like....
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jodycordova
- Jul 25
- 3 min
We are for Public Schools
We have written several posts on the failures of the public school system. But, we have not written those because, in any sense, we are...
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jodycordova
- Jul 21
- 3 min
In Search of Competence
What is competence? Is it mastery? Paradigm Learning is all in for mastery of material. Well, mostly. But we are seeking so much more. We...
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jodycordova
- Jul 20
- 4 min
The 1st Element of Personalized Learning: Learner Profiles
We said in a prior post that Personalized Learning is not easy. But it is what is needed to prepare our children for tomorrow. Any...
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jodycordova
- Jul 17
- 3 min
Personalized Learning: The New Robot
The claim to Personalized Learning is one of the recent buzzwords in education just as the claim to offering 'robotics' was in the late...
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jodycordova
- Jul 6
- 3 min
How Is Paradigm Learning Changing Education?
In 2021 Jack Trapp wrote an excellent Op-ed for Northwestern University titled Why the American Education System Is Failing Us. Here are...
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jodycordova
- Jul 5
- 2 min
How Badly Is our Public School System Failing Us?
"In Arizona, the average high school graduation rate was 74% in the 2019-2020 academic year (though interestingly the state (AZ) also had...
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jodycordova
- Sep 6, 2021
- 7 min
How to Support Your Child in School: Determining What's Best
It’s tough as parents when we don’t know how to support our kids in school and what decisions are best. Sometimes we feel like we are...
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jodycordova
- Jul 16, 2021
- 6 min
5 Changes in Education That Will Transform Your Child's Love of Learning
Do you want to help your child develop a love of learning? There are 5 things that are changing in education today, that you can be a...
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jodycordova
- Jun 29, 2021
- 4 min
5 Reasons a Micro-School Provides a Better Education than Public or Charter.
5 reasons a micro-school can provide a better education than public or charter. If you are considering a new school for your child away...
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jodycordova
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
5 Reasons Your Child Struggles in School
Is your child struggling in school? In this post, we will discuss 5 reasons the traditional instructional method is contributing to the...
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