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ROA team
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
A Long Journey Starts with One Step
If we were to define "success," most people would think deeply enough to consider more than the capacity to acquire great wealth. We...
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ROA team
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Excellence is not our goal
Many schools make “excellence” a goal. Those who score a 100 on the test are “excellent” and get a gold star. This means those who fail...
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ROA team
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Authentic Learning versus memorization
The typical goal of a traditional education requires a rush for advanced coursework with the goal of preparing for the future, requiring...
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ROA team
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Fear
Fear, an unpleasant feeling triggered by the perception of danger, real or imagined. Fear is an emotion that we all experience at some...
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ROA team
- Feb 22
- 1 min
Learning with Passion and Purpose
It is believed that everyone has ikigai which can be found through your passion in life. Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning one's...
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ROA team
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Uncertainty
We have often come to fear the unknown. We find comfort in what we know and being in control of outcomes. Letting go of our expectations...
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ROA team
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Can You Learn Without Being Taught?
Sugata Mitra, a professor, who had the idea to install an old computer in a kiosk in an impoverished place in India that was designed to...
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ROA team
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Building Cathedrals
There was a story about a janitor mopping up the floor when the president was visiting NASA and asked him what his job was and the...
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ROA team
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Harnessing Creativity
I can't count the many times I've seen evidence of inherent creativity in our studios. Creations left by Learners in obvious or obscure...
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ROA team
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
In an overstimulated world, do children need entertainment or connection?
I can’t count how many times I’ve gone to dinner where I see every person in a table busy tapping away on their own devices, together...
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ROA team
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
We don’t need to prepare the road for our children. We need to prepare our children for the road.
"According to Psychologists, there are four types of Intelligence: 1) Intelligence Quotient (IQ) 2) Emotional Quotient (EQ) 3) Social...
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ROA team
- Jul 21, 2022
- 2 min
Learning in the Real World
We’ve been asked this many times by well-meaning parents who are interested in their children joining our community who don't quite...
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ROA team
- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
Effective After School Talks
The drive home and the chat around the dinner table are precious moments in life. What can seem like routine daily life can be...
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ROA team
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Things are wonderful until they aren’t
The beginning of a new journey at ROA is usually a high. The newfound freedom of being in a learning environment that buzzes with joy and...
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ROA team
- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
What makes a hero?
Why do we keep talking about Heroes? Our very first overarching question around which many discussions have been made is the title to...
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ROA team
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Loosen the Reins
Have you ever been in that awkward situation of asking a child a question and the parent answers for him/her as if they weren’t present?...
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ROA team
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
The Three Monsters in the Studio and in Life
It’s the beginning of the year and our Learners are learning the processes and systems that will help them soar for the long haul. For...
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ROA team
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
What Does it Take to Thrive at ROA?
We can boil the ROA systems to just three choices that ensure a happy and fruitful learning journey: Be kind. Do work every day. Take...
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ROA team
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
Is Handwork Necessary in School?
Parents often worry that if all these beautiful materials and activities are made available all the time, the children will do nothing...
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