Like Paige Arnell’s recent guest post for the blog, this piece by Paul Lambert is about one school’s approach to creativity—in this case a step-by-step collaborative method to get special student projects underway. Paul is a mathematics guide at Headwaters School in Austin, Texas. Every yea

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28.08.2025

Why critical thinking is key to using AI wisely – Alt Ed Austin

Returning guest writer Stephanie Simoes is the mind behind Critikid.com , a website that teaches critical thinking to children and teens through interactive courses, worksheets, and lesson plans. This article is meant to help educators (and parents) more effectively teach kids to use large lang

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03.10.2025

The mechanics of cultivating growth mindset – Alt Ed Austin

Srinivas Jallepalli is the author of Education Empowered: A Holistic Blueprint for Building Better Schools and a Better World . He also founded Sankalpa Academy, a growth-mindset school created to offer gifted-level education to all children, and cofounded the Higher Orbit Foundation, a nonprofit

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10.10.2025

Boo-tiful moments: Helping kids with autism understand Halloween – Alt Ed Austin

Just in time for the season of spookiness, we have some helpful tips from Alix Naginski, MSc, RBT, for parents, educators, and caregivers of children with autism. Alix is a staff member at Spark Learning , which provides therapy, social skills groups, and camps, as well as the Littl

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Project Week at Headwaters School: Turning curiosity into creation – Alt Ed Austin

Why critical thinking is key to using AI wisely – Alt Ed Austin

The mechanics of cultivating growth mindset – Alt Ed Austin

Boo-tiful moments: Helping kids with autism understand Halloween – Alt Ed Austin

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