Curio fuels children in their studies and social development by celebrating their innate curiosity about the world.
Offering an after-school achievement program, Curio fuels children in their studies and social development by celebrating their innate curiosity about the world around them. Centered in Fort Washington, Maryland, Curio offers an after-school arts and academic achievement program for children of all ages. Through healthy eating and a focus on arts and tutoring, we build excitement, cooperation, and
08/03/2012
I want this man's energy!
TED Blog | 10 talks from inspiring teachers Professor John Keating of “The Dead Poets Society.” Calculus teacher Jaime Escalante of “Stand and Deliver.” Marine-turned-teacher Louanne Johnson of “Dangerous Minds.
07/16/2012
07/16/2012
Great education innovation through Echoing Green Fellow Serita Cox
Serita Cox Transform the child welfare system with an online platform that connects at-risk children and teens in foster care to the resources they need to become successful, independent adults.
What's your child's learning style? What's your own? http://t.co/G6NZ94mF
Discovered the Khan Academy last week! Great for just about anything you want to learn (...again) http://t.co/Kx3BmZuu
Quote of the day by Sydney J. Harris (journalist, teacher, lifelong friend of Saul Bellow): "Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."
Promoting Opportunity for the Next Generation
Check out the KIDS COUNT Data Book..http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2011/OnlineBooks/2011KCDB_FINAL.pdf
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2011/OnlineBooks/2011KCDB_FINAL.pdf
05/14/2012
If you haven't seen Sir Ken Robinson speak before, definitely check this one out...You may even get a few laughs out of it.
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! | Video on TED.com TED Talks In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
04/20/2012
Great man and message...
Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education | Video on TED.com TED Talks Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw re...
03/02/2012
2 Students working together in library
2 Students working together in library