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What It Means to Stay a Learner: Curiosity, Schooling, and the Independent Mind

When did you last change your mind about how you learn?

Most of us build our ideas about education early, in our own classrooms, at our children’s schools, or in jobs that pushed us to keep up. Those ideas can carry us a long way. They can also stop us from asking new questions. And now that a tool like AI can answer almost anything in seconds, what happens to our curiosity?

In today’s solo episode, I reflect on more than 30 years of learning, teaching, and leading, and on why I am still reconsidering what effective learning looks like. I share how two books from the 1800s, found through my…

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