“It bothers me that I am not learning things in school that will help me become what I want to be.” This is the most sobering and common response to one of three questions I ask my students before we ...

Many educators are beginning to agree that giving students more freedom to explore their own passions is a good thing. We’re seeing amazing examples of this being done through “Genius Hour ” and “20% ...

DERRY — At the start of the school year, Ernest P. Barka Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Emily Burns knocked on her principal’s door with an idea. That idea, called Genius Hour, was to set aside ...