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Kohlberg Was Wrong: A Book Review

Joel Lurie Grishaver Haidt, Jonathan. 2012. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. USA. Pantheon...

Not All Hebrew Schools Suck, Part II

Joel Lurie Grishaver Attached to a link that read Should We Send Our Kids to Hebrew School?the website Kveller leads...

Flipping, Camping, Coviewing and the Future

Joel Lurie Grishaver What’s New? I am just learning about the second round of magic bullets. What magic bullets? The...

Guitar Zero

Joel Lurie Grishaver I saw The Artist this weekend. It is the story of a publishing company in the age...

Rashi and Executive Function

Joel Lurie Grishaver This article is the logical extension of the work we have done with executive function. We want...

I’ll Take “Executive Function”

by Joel Lurie Grishaver Imagine that “Hebrew School” could promise parents that their child’s life would be happier. That they...

In Praise of Summer Conferences

Joel Lurie Grishaver The Summer of 2011 This summer I taught at four different summer conference. I went to the...

A Manifesto on Experiential Education

Joel Lurie Grishaver After I posted my last TAP-BB/Blog entry on the risk of success as it applies to education...

Success in Jewish Education Scares Me

Joel Lurie Grishaver A story about Cuisenaire rods. Cuisenaire rods were a great innovation the teaching of mathematics. These rods...

Learning, Doing, Being

Jewish Education and the Frontal Cortex Part II Joel Lurie Grishaver After I published by blog entry on Jewish Education...

Learning, Doing, Being

Jewish Education and the Prefrontal Cortex Joel Lurie Grishaver I was at a gathering put together by the Covenant Foundation...

They Shoot Teachers, Don’t They?

Joel Lurie Grishaver Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of...

End the Drop-Off Soccer Practice

Joel Lurie Grishaver Just as all parents know that Hebrew Schools are all failures; all Jewish teachers know that soccer...

Combating Bullying

Joel Lurie Grishaver Over the past couple of weeks at least seven gay, lesbian, and transgender students have committed suicide...

Hebrew School as Camp

Joel Lurie Grishaver School Metaphors Schools use metaphors to know who they are. For a long time the “Hebrew School”...