The Complete Banned Collection
I’ve been writing for magazines since the late 1990s and on occasion the publisher or Editor-in-Chief objected to the content of a column and refused …
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The Best Way to Make Enemies (2008)
Do the impossible © 2008 Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. I led professional development in the world’s first two “laptop schools” back in 1990. Ever since, …
The Children’s Machine – It’s time to turn the network upside down (2008)
It’s Time to Turn the Network Upside Down Not Published by District Administration Magazine©February 2008 Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. During the mid-sixties, Seymour Papert began …
Education’s Most Dangerous Idea? Curriculum (2006)
Let’s trick ‘em into learning! Not published by District Administration – October 2006©2006 Gary S. Stager A friend called a few months back and asked me …
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Terrorize or Educate?
Consider the Source I marvel how infrequently people verify the credentials of instant experts before trusting their expertise, or worse, reposting it on social media. …
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Early 1990s Papers by Gary Stager
I recently located and scanned several conference papers I wrote between 1990 and 1993. The first is particularly special because it justified my first trip …
This isn’t About Cheating, but a Loss of Dominance
Note: I capitalize the name of school subjects as a convention in this piece. The unprecedented hype and hysteria surrounding generative AI chatbots reveals something …
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Gary Stager’s Constructionism 2025 Paper
Net week, I’ll be in Zurich, Switzerland to present a paper and lead two hands-on workshops at the biennial Constructionism Conference. I’ve presented at each …
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The “Best” School in the World
Over decades of work in schools across the globe, Spensley Street Primary School remains my favorite school. I have been privileged to spend time at …
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Persistent, Dopey, and Terrible Ideas
Read this incendiary article I wrote for circulation among my friends back in 1992. I didn’t write as well then and lacked a filter for …