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Easy access to information has made having knowledge of your own more important, not less. AI can retrieve and synthesize information in seconds, but without a strong foundation of your own, it becomes harder to judge what’s true, recognize what’s missing, or even know what questions to ask.

As technology takes on more of the ex*****on, our knowledge, judgment, curiosity, and creativity matter even more.

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Why It's Important to Know Things — Lexandria For most of human history, acquiring new information was expensive. Today, we have the opposite problem.

Happiness may be universal as a desire, but deeply individual in its form. How much of a good life can be defined for us by anyone else?

How students answer is often more interesting than the question itself.

Try this debate prompt with your class:

Should students learn more from stories or from statistics?

How do you think your students would vote?

Writing has a funny way of exposing the gaps in our thinking. It's easy to feel like an idea makes sense until you try to explain it to someone else.

Graduation rates are rising, but are students actually learning more? In his latest article, Jacob Nestle examines the growing gap between earning a diploma and mastering the skills it represents, arguing that passing students along without addressing learning gaps ultimately serves no one.

When Passing Students Becomes The Problem — Lexandria Every year, schools move kids into classes they aren’t ready for. Holding students back is more work. Passing them is easier. That doesn't mean it's better.

Which has taught you more in life: success or being wrong?

The quality of our questions often determines the quality of our thinking. Curiosity opens doors that certainty keeps closed.

On August 10, 1776, the British public learned that the American colonies had declared independence, but the Declaration itself had not yet reached London.

In his latest post, Jacob Nestle explores how the document framed America's case before the world and why its principles of individual rights, consent, and limited government continue to provide a standard for judging political power today. 👇

Reaching the Candid World — Lexandria On August 10, 1776, Londoners learned that the American colonies had declared independence. The news came through a short notice in The London Gazette, quoting British general William Howe: “I am informed that the Continental Congress have declared the United Colonies free and independent States.....

Creativity grows through curiosity and playfulness. In her latest blog post, Jen argues that curiosity gives us ideas, while playfulness gives those ideas room to evolve through experimentation, mistakes, and exploration.

It's a compelling reminder that meaningful learning often begins by giving students permission to think differently. 🙌

Play is the Work of the Creative — Lexandria Recently, I’ve been writing about creativity. I’ve already asserted that it’s more common than most people tend to think it is — that it’s a learnable skill that really only needs two things to practice, the first of which is curiosity . Before you can have new ideas, you need to