When I started my journey of school leadership, I thought being a risk taker was better left to other professions or hobbies people liked to pursue. Eventually, I learned that for change to occur taking risks is often needed. However, taking some chances, even if they make sense and appear reasonable, can be daunting. The
Read an Excerpt from The School in the Cloud
The following is an excerpt from Sugata Mitra's upcoming book, The School in the Cloud. Mitra is most well-known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment that inspired his three TED Talks on the issue, and granted him the first million-dollar TED prize for research.
author: M. Colleen Cruz
We know that reading is imperative for building great writers. We also are beginning to discover and practice the ways that writing is a critical component to creating great readers. For instance, we know that children, even in the earliest grades, often write before they read -- and students can read any word they