Spelling bees exist because we use our alphabet in a way that makes spelling difficult.

They Might Be Giants posted one of my old skate videos on their Facebook page?

Blizzard of 2011

Just go to the library or raid your friends’ bookshelves or head to a bookstore to start reading one of these books. It’s one small thing you can do to change how we think about solving problems in education.

The cover story of this week’s Chicago Reader is about…me? After reading the article, I thought the sections about Dr. Richard “Pip” Potter needed clarification, so here’s my brief response.

The BelafonTae is the most precisely engineered skateboard in the world.

South Korea is like a totally different country.

Are schools designed to help people learn? Are colleges and universities really institutions of higher education? Do students actually learn any science in science classes? Can skateboarding give us a better model for teaching and learning? Watch this video to find out.

Does the world really need another blog? Probably not. But what about a Dr. Tae video-blog-podcast thingy? Hell yeah!