July 10, 2020 At the time I write this post, the world is in the midst of a global pandemic. In just seven months, a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has infected nearly 13 million people and killed nearly 570,000. This new…

Media coverage of climate change often focuses on political differences, highlights extreme events, and emphasizes the global scope of the challenge. Images of receding glaciers, wildfires, and polar bears without ice dominant the web and provide the low-hanging fruit for…

Emily Burton has a unique format to the homework she assigns in her mixed-age (Grades 1-3) class at Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School in Eugene, Oregon. Inside the classroom on a daily basis, students are offered large blocks of uninterrupted…

During the 2018-2019 school year, we were fortunate to work with several amazing teachers who piloted different versions of the Land Talk curriculum in their classrooms. Teachers ranged in context from 2nd grade to 12th grade, from Hawaii to Indiana…