I’ve led somewhere around 70+ trips for tweens and teens in my educational career, but last week’s trip with seven neuro-diverse high school and gap year boys from Space of Mind to Boston was absolutely - and by far - the most amazing of them...
I’m a proud product of public school, but I was also luckier than most public-school kids. I was in the Gifted Program, which back in the 80s, was really just where all the kids with really busy brains were gifted a priceless education....
Know your child and work with their positives and negatives. Every child is unique and we need to accept that. For example, kids with what I call a “busy brain” (like I had) often have trouble focusing in classes with 20–30 kids....
Sitting in front of a screen all day, without personal interaction, experiential learning or socializing with other students, kids simply are not able to learn effectively....
Sitting in front of a screen all day, without personal interaction, experiential learning or socializing with other students, kids simply are not able to learn effectively....
Space of Mind Founder and CEO, Ali Kaufman, was interviewed by The Socially Distanced Supper Club’s John Brewer. They discussed the distance learning landscape and the many challenges and opportunities of this new frontier in education....
The year is 2020 and education is evolving at a more rapid pace than anyone anticipated. Count it among this year’s many forced evolutionary leaps: Virtual learning is no longer a crutch but a commodity....
For Tal Argov, working on school projects instead of memorizing material for tests is one of the things the 17-year-old loves about attending Space of Mind in Delray Beach....
Just one week after the Palm Beach County School District finalized its plan to begin the school year online, Ali Kaufman and her team at Space of Mind in Delray Beach are busier than ever....
Right now parents are scrambling to put together "pods" of learners to form groups. These groups are still figuring out their vision - Are they following public/private school virtual schedules and curriculum? Teaching students as homeschoolers and therefore need curriculum?...