Articles about Curiosity

The numbers are in and they are not looking good. A 2017 gallup poll shows a sharp decline in student reported engagement from 74% of students feeling engaged in grade 5, dropping to only 34% of students feeling engaged by grade 12. Nearly all teens agree that most of what high school…

Google’s senior vice president of people operations, Laszlo Bock has said, “GPA’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless.” and “You want people who like figuring out stuff where there is no obvious answer.” As indicated by Laszlo Bock, prospective employers have become increasingly concerned about the…

We can thank curiosity for propelling the cultural advancement of humankind over millennia and increasing our knowledge base with each passing generation. Unfortunately, with our established system of education today, our focus has shifted from curiosity and knowledge sharing to rote memorization, stifling the natural curiosity of our students.  Students want to…