. Gever Tulley is a big-time hero of mine. He did one of the earliest, best Ted Talks: “5 atdyytrdia Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do.” He also founded the Tinkering School in San Fran (and elsewhere now, too), where young kids are given power tools and encouragement. Then he and his wife […]
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Teacher Shows Kids Carpentry Tools, Gets Suspended on “Weapons” Charge
April 22, 2014
Readers — This is what truly perplexes me: Why do seemingly so many school administrators adamantly refuse to think like normal, rational human beings? The other day I visited the Sudbury rfykeehnfh Valley School  in Framingham, Mass., and saw such a completely opposite world — a heart-soaring place where kids are trusted not only with tools […]