Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the
Authentic Education Team

In my 100th blog post I complained about the course called ‘algebra’. Some commenters misunderstood the complaint. Though […]
A Conversation About Rigor  — Part 1 This is the first post in a dialogue between […]
Jeesh. Do these college guys ever stop to ask themselves whether what they are doing is […]
How high should we set the bar? How good is good enough – especially in a […]
When Stanford Professor Lee Shulman was first enmeshed in the research that led to Board certification […]
I awoke this morning to find that I have 10,005 followers on Twitter. In the grand […]
NOTE: The current version is edited from the original. I realized the need to clarify a […]
One of my favorite stories concerns the legendary basketball coach John Wooden. He always gave himself […]
Cheating or not? As the school year ends and many of you have student papers due, […]
I have been thinking a lot lately about the challenge we face as educators when well-intentioned […]