At The Learner First, we believe that every child deserves Hope, the Capacity to succeed, an energizing Purpose and a sense of Place in our world. We transform schools and systems from standardized to personalized to deep by putting the Learner First. We have just opened registration for our new Professional Learning courses.

Hello again, world! One Room Challenge Spring 2015, Week 6. Alright, this is it. No take backs, no do-overs.

Students work in small groups and learn how to bridge the gaps between their learning from school. We offer help with Maths and English to 5 to 16 year olds.

RIP William Safire, Informal Learner Supreme. William Safire, proud college dropout, PR flack, Nixon speech writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, and fastidious language maven, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer. His obituary from the New York Times, where he worked for decades, follows. Why post on Safire in a blog on informal learning? Because Safire was an exemplar for all informal learners. Read on to see why. He was a college dropou.

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