Learning Isn’t For Nine Months; It’s Forever

Maybe our whole back-to-school tradition is the problem.

We think of education as a year-to-year thing. Start school in late summer. Finish in late spring. Then repeat. Learning doesn’t work like that. Our fixation on the calendar is getting in the way.

By Jay Mathews

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002418.html?hpid=sec-education

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