I returned last week from an inspiring trip to Finland, meeting with educators and learning how they've built what is arguably the most progressive school system in the world, and one that

Forum — A Millennium Org EndeavorAugust 26, 2015Comment

Millennium School in the San Francisco Chronicle

We were delighted to have the San Francisco Chronicle cover our school and our efforts to design a 21st century school facility, in an article in this Sunday's paper. We haven't yet made an official

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Finland or Bust

In two days, I'm heading to Finland to dive deeper into the fascinating education reforms undertaken there. In education circles, Finland

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Big Inspiration

How does one gain perspective on our life and times? What if you could look at the full scope of the 13.8 billion years since the Big

Stephen LessardAugust 4, 2015Comment

A Summer of Conversation

It's been a summer of fascinating conversations about the future of education - through two Salon events, and continual meetings with parents, students, teachers, and education leaders.

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A Mathematician's Lament

There are those who were bored senseless during math class; those who sat through it with fear in their eyes, feeling that they're "just not good at math"; those who did well and bemoan that

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Announcing our Salon Series

We're delighted to announce the Millennium School Salon Series: a set of conversations about essential topics in education. These are each small group (10-20 people) conversations about

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How to Raise an Adult

Last night we attended the book launch party for How to Raise an Adult, by Julie Lythcott-Haims, longtime Dean of Freshman at Stanford. Dean Julie, as she's known, has written a powerful

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Welcoming Veronica Flores, Founding Director of Admissions & Communications

We're thrilled to announce the hire of Veronica Flores as Millennium School's Founding Director of Admissions & Communications. Veronica's career has been dedicated to empowering students

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Common Sense on Testing

I began my teacher training as the No Child Left Behind Act took effect, causing a new wave of standardized testing. Working as a

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Event Recap: Dr. Denise Pope on Raising Healthy Adolescents

Last Wednesday, we were thrilled to host Dr. Denise Pope of Stanford's School of Education for a talk on raising (and schooling) healthy adolescents. The Bay

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Welcome our new founding faculty member: Stephen Lessard

We're delighted to announce the hire of our first faculty member, Stephen Lessard. Stephen has taught in various settings, from kindergarten to college, for the past two decades, most recently

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Finland “Eliminates” Subjects from School

Finland has long been an enticing case study for educators. It regularly ranks near the top of the PISA international student assessment rankings, which alone would draw interest.

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When Chaos is Helpful

Forbes recently published a fascinating story called "You Can Only Win in Sports, or Anywhere Else, if You're Ready for Chaos." It describes how Michael Phelps' coach prepared him in some

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Event with Denise Pope Just Announced

We're thrilled to announce the next event in the Millennium School speaker series, featuring Denise Pope of the Stanford School of Education. Denise's popular 2001 book, "Doing School":

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Just Breathe

We loved this short, beautiful video from our friends at Mindful Schools, showing kids using mindfulness to understand and manage their emotions. The further we go into the research

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The Harkness Method

I walked into my first "Harkness" method seminar in 2013, on a visit to Exeter Academy, the famous boarding school in New Hampshire. Exeter developed this seminar technique in the 1930s,

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Why We're Optimists about Education

If there's one recent trend in education that can make you optimistic, it's this: the ever-growing amount of research showing that traits we thought of as innate are actually learnable. Slowly but

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Recap of Last Night's Event with Carol Dweck

We were thrilled with the turnout and conversation at last night's event, featuring Carol Dweck and Michael Light, with our partners at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Well over 100 parents,

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The Creative Classroom: An Event Featuring Carol Dweck and Michael Light

We're delighted to partner with the Contemporary Jewish Museum for an event next Thursday, January 15th, featuring Carol Dweck and Michael Light. As many know, Carol Dweck's work on

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