Out of the darkness and into the light

Sometimes we read an incredibly important piece that does not seem to make it to a larger audience. To that end, I present Alfie Kohn's latest on HOMEOWRK from the Washington Post. Share far and wide, please.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2012/11/26/homework-an-unnecessary-evil-surprising-findings-from-new-research/

And here is one by Nancie Atwell that deserves a wider audience:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/04/16/the-most-powerful-classroom-innovation-by-the-1-million-teaching-prize-winner/

And from Donalyn Miller:

http://bookwhisperer.com/2015/02/08/ive-got-research-yes-i-do-ive-got-research-how-about-you/

And this from Katherine Sokolowski:

http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.no/2015/09/the-most-important-lessons.html

The ever-brilliant Chris Crutcher:

http://stotanunplugged.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-11-02T15:21:00-08:00&max-results=7

Paul Hankins:

http://paulwhankins.edublogs.org/2015/08/01/let-er-ripp-picture-books-in-every-classroom/

Pernille Ripp:

http://pernillesripp.com/2015/10/31/then-it-just-doesnt-matter/

There are many more to come down this road we are travelling.