by edtosavetheworld | Feb 4, 2015 | wellness
Do your efforts to live a less hectic life sometimes look like this? Although it’s a continuous effort to get better, I think the last few years have been a turning point for me — so I thought I’d share what I’ve learned about living with more...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 11, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Thirteen year old Logan LaPlante asks a couple very important questions in his Ted talk. “What if we based education on the study and practice of being happy and healthy?” He quotes Dr. Roger Walsh who said: “Much of education is oriented toward...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 19, 2013 | Stage 3: Critical Thinking
We all want our students to be better thinkers, right? But do we practice what we hope to see in them? We agree with the Foundation for Critical Thinking’s assertion that: “Humans typically create thought that is vague, fragmented, contradictory,...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 20, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
If you’re like me, you often struggle with bringing joy into the classroom in a way that doesn’t feel like it’s wasting time away from academic work. A popular strategy is playing a game that reviews previously learned content in preparation for a...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 9, 2013 | Innovation Series
Here at Ed to Save the World we celebrate “status quo challengers”, people who ask, “Is there a more just, sustainable or healthier way to do this?” Today’s innovator does just that with the act of child birth. Mary Beth Harris is a birth...
