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We share evidence-based K-12 learning strategies that empower you to improve education.

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School Transformation Through Arts Integration at Bates Middle School

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Constance Steinkuehler on Interest-Driven Learning (Big Thinkers Series)

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A Parent's Guide to 21st-Century Learning

Kirsten Olson

I am an author and educational activist. I am interested in how all children can enjoy learning more. I am most recently the author of Wounded By School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up To Old School Culture (Teachers College Press, 2009). http://www.amazon.com/Wounded-School-Recapturing-Learning-Standing/dp/08...).

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Areas of interest: reluctant learners, school wounding, pleasure in learning

Organizations/Affiliations: Old Sow Consulting, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Wheaton College, Massachusetts Center for Charter Public School Excellence