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Children are naturally curious – how to keep their curiosity alive?
In the photo: two children who love Deep. Our next goal: 20 children who love it, then 100, then 1000. Let’s go! One child at a time. As a parent of two children who go to primary school, I am worried about a few things: my kids’ addiction to screens, their natural curiosity slowly fading,… Continue reading
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Celebrating 20 years of Noored Kooli
What a beautiful weekend it was celebrating 20 years of Noored Kooli / Teach For Estonia! This whole journey started with a slightly random meeting with Jerry Hauser, the former COO of Teach For America, in Washington in February 2006. (Here is a blog post, in Estonian, I published later that day.) Jerry heard about… Continue reading
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Join Us In Building Deep
Have you felt something like this? At school, you see no point in putting in the effort when tasks that are boring or too easy. Yes, boredom is part of life and it affects everyone. But chronic boredom — having to spend hours every day doing tasks that you could do two or three years… Continue reading
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Looking for co-founders to build a new AI-powered learning platform for gifted children
What is the most upvoted thread in the gifted community on Reddit? Gifted children have unique needs that are often misunderstood and unmet. They need real intellectual challenge – without it, they feel they are forced to do the most boring job, Monday to Friday, for many years. They are sensitive and emotionally intense –… Continue reading
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Instructional coaching – why it matters and how to make it matter
Imagine a nine-year-old child sitting in a classroom, in almost any country in the world. How well she does at school – how well she is taught – matters. Effective teaching not only affects what she achieves at school (Slater et al., 2012), it also has far-reaching consequences. It increases her chances of attending a… Continue reading
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Montessori: A Different Answer for Education in Low-Income Communities?
In 1907, Maria Montessori was asked to set up a daycare centre in San Lorenzo, a district in Rome. The centre was located in a housing project in a slum area. 60 children, aged three to seven, joined the centre, while their illiterate parents were working. Montessori described her pupils: Tearful, frightened children, so shy… Continue reading
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Kuidas aidata lapsel tema peamist ülesannet täita?
Uue kooli loomisega kaasneb üks oluline küsimus: kuidas toetada parimal moel iga lapse arengut ja õppimist? Mida saavad selle heaks teha õpetajad ja mida lapsevanemad? Kindlasti on kahtlejaid, kelle arvates need küsimused ei ole üldse kuigi olulised. Me oleme ju kõik suureks kasvanud, olles õppinud väga erinevates koolides ja kasvanud peredes, kus vanematel on erinevad… Continue reading
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Reimagining our schools?
Recent PISA results raise the question: do all children have the opportunity to attain a good education in Estonia? If our academic results are already strong in international comparison, is there any need to change? “We may have the best results in the world, but we need to keep improving quickly. China now has three… Continue reading
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In memoriam Mart Taevere
Reede õhtul lahkus meie hulgast mu isa Mart Taevere. Ta oli kümnete telesaadete ja dokumentaalfilmide autor, toimetaja ning režissöör. Tema elutööks oli inimeste lugude jutustamine ning seeläbi meie ühiskonna valupunktide mõtestamine. Tema jaoks oli iga inimese elu väärtuslik ja ta suhtus igaühesse inimlikult – olgu intervjueeritavaks president Lennart Meri või Pääskülas prügimäe serval elav kodutu.… Continue reading
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Looking for wisdom and empathy
Political events in 2016 have been screaming at us: WAKE UP!! Britons slammed the door in the face of their EU neighbours. Americans threw a rock (in the shape of Donald Trump) to smash the windows of the political establishment. Dissatisfaction with politics as usual is evident around the world. What to do about it?… Continue reading
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