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Making “Teachable Moments” Learnable

Making “Teachable Moments” Learnable

By Emily Fitzgerald, Guest Author The phrase “teachable moment” is often thrown around and generally refers to an everyday situation from which a learning opportunity arises—usually involving some sort of lesson taught to a young person by an adult. An argument over a pencil can…
Developmentally Appropriate Schools = Well-Developed Brains

Developmentally Appropriate Schools = Well-Developed Brains

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Barbara Robertson, Clonlara School Parent At a recent conference in Philadelphia, I attended a session that suggested most neo-intensive care unit (NICU) environments are not developmentally appropriate for premature babies. That is not to say the care these units provide is not critical, but…
Perspectives on Homework

Perspectives on Homework

By Bev Munday, Director of Education Alfie Kohn, education theorist and author of The Homework Myth, has described homework as “a case of all pain and no gain” and said, “The disadvantages of homework are clear to everyone: exhaustion, frustration, loss of time to pursue…
The Ingredients of a Learning Environment

The Ingredients of a Learning Environment

By Chandra Montgomery Nicol, Executive Director What does it take to create a space for learning like Clonlara School’s campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan? That’s a question often asked by our colleagues in Clonlara’s 11 international offices and affiliates for which I have no set…
Uncommon to Our Core

Uncommon to Our Core

By Stefanie Weyand,  Campus Teacher (Olders, Grades 9–12) and Clonlara Graduate  A paradigm shift is happening in the United States. Americans are beginning to doubt the Prussian style of education that has been the common way of teaching our children. Brought to us by Horace…