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29 01, 2015

The Cure for Common Core: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille Can You Like... “But, I thought you liked classics,” she asked me with obvious frustration. “And Common Core is full of classics—for the children of the whole nation to read! In your lecture, you called classics one of the 7 Keys of [...]

15 01, 2015

A TJEd Fairy Tale About You by Rachel DeMille

by Rachel DeMille Once upon a time... ...there lived a good, wise and powerful king who ruled over a vast kingdom. The king loved his people and cared deeply for their happiness and well-being. He knew the needs among the people in his beloved realm, [...]

13 12, 2014

What Every Mentor Must Know : The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

A Better Way If you’re mentoring young people today, or even adults, you simply must know something very important. You must know about the three economies. If not, you’re going to make huge mistakes in how you mentor. You’re going to mentor today’s young people [...]

29 10, 2014

A Certain Kind of Book: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille Page vs. Chapter “Are you enjoying it?” Emma asked. “Absolutely,” I responded passionately. I put the biography of Winston Churchill on my lap. “This is a really great book.” Then I paused, reconsidered, and said, “Actually, in some ways it’s kind of [...]

23 09, 2014

Research on Core Phase: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille  The Problem The report is entitled: “Nurturing Children: Why Early Learning Doesn’t Work.” It was written by Andrea Mrozek of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, and I was especially struck by three important ideas: 1)     “Probably the greatest myth that [...]

31 07, 2014

Beware Institutionalism: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille Mazes and Levels Most organizations start out with a great mission, then run into challenges and focus on survival, then want to grow and shift their focus to trying to impress the world. Eventually they become a roadblock to the very [...]

20 08, 2013

A New Freedom Classic is Born!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins by Oliver DeMille “Somehow it all comes back to coal in school. Besides basic reading and math, most of our instruction is coal-related. Except for the weekly lecture on the history of Panem. It’s mostly a lot of blather [...]

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