Summer officially begins this week and across the country, children are forgetting the lessons they learned last school year. Summer learning loss has the worst impact on children who are already ...

For quite some time now, American educators have been pushing the idea that it is important to make learning "fun". This is a damaging concept. To understand why, just ask yourself a simple question: ...

Evolutionarily speaking, we are built to enjoy learning. Neuroscientists (and those of us who spend time with young children) know this to be true—but institutionalized education tends to dim the joy ...

Last week Teacher Appreciation Week, and because I was busy writing thank you notes to the 50 or so teachers who care for my ...

Probably every other time my friend Lee and I came to the end of an approach hike at the base of a climb, dropped our backpacks and looked up, he cracked the same joke: “I think we’ll bivy here and go ...

While COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available, the Delta variant of the virus is raging across the country and forcing schools to navigate continued risk. Because of this, the virtual learning ...

When I was a kid, I didn’t like any toys, games, books, or TV shows that tried to “make learning fun.” I wasn’t dumb; I knew when I was being lied to—learning and fun are mutually exclusive. But ...