Lexandria

09/02/2026

Easy access to information has made having knowledge of your own more important, not less. AI can retrieve and synthesize information in seconds, but without a strong foundation of your own, it becomes harder to judge what’s true, recognize what’s missing, or even know what questions to ask.

As technology takes on more of the ex*****on, our knowledge, judgment, curiosity, and creativity matter even more.

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For most of human history, acquiring new information was expensive. Today, we have the opposite problem.

09/01/2026

Happiness may be universal as a desire, but deeply individual in its form. How much of a good life can be defined for us by anyone else?

08/30/2026

How students answer is often more interesting than the question itself.

Try this debate prompt with your class:

Should students learn more from stories or from statistics?

How do you think your students would vote?

08/25/2026

Writing has a funny way of exposing the gaps in our thinking. It's easy to feel like an idea makes sense until you try to explain it to someone else.

08/21/2026

Graduation rates are rising, but are students actually learning more? In his latest article, Jacob Nestle examines the growing gap between earning a diploma and mastering the skills it represents, arguing that passing students along without addressing learning gaps ultimately serves no one.

Every year, schools move kids into classes they aren’t ready for. Holding students back is more work. Passing them is easier. That doesn't mean it's better.

08/20/2026

Which has taught you more in life: success or being wrong?

08/17/2026

The quality of our questions often determines the quality of our thinking. Curiosity opens doors that certainty keeps closed.

08/14/2026

History shows that protests matter most when they change minds, build coalitions, and make it harder for leaders to ignore public demands.

08/14/2026

On August 10, 1776, the British public learned that the American colonies had declared independence, but the Declaration itself had not yet reached London.

In his latest post, Jacob Nestle explores how the document framed America's case before the world and why its principles of individual rights, consent, and limited government continue to provide a standard for judging political power today. 👇

On August 10, 1776, Londoners learned that the American colonies had declared independence. The news came through a short notice in The London Gazette, quoting British general William Howe: “I am informed that the Continental Congress have declared the United Colonies free and independent States.....

08/10/2026

Creativity grows through curiosity and playfulness. In her latest blog post, Jen argues that curiosity gives us ideas, while playfulness gives those ideas room to evolve through experimentation, mistakes, and exploration.

It's a compelling reminder that meaningful learning often begins by giving students permission to think differently. 🙌

Recently, I’ve been writing about creativity. I’ve already asserted that it’s more common than most people tend to think it is — that it’s a learnable skill that really only needs two things to practice, the first of which is curiosity . Before you can have new ideas, you need to