In an episode of Fast Company‘s podcast, Creative Conversation, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Professor and Pinnacle West Presidential Chair Ron Beghetto explains why the "creative genius" idea is a myth and how to differentiate between good and bad uncertainty. He believes we should break free from the idea that some people are creative and others are not.

On Sept. 9, students and representatives of the Kyrene School District in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona; and Carole Basile, dean of Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, officially cut the ribbon to dedicate SPARK School. SPARK is the result of a two-year collaborative design process that brought together district administrators, faculty members, students and parents with an MLFTC design team. Their mission was to design a school experience that better met the needs of students and teachers.

Douglas Roe and U Kyaw Win met on a tennis court at Phoenix College in January 1952. They were both in a required physical education class. Win, who had just arrived in the United States from Burma, appeared to be lost. Roe, sensing this, introduced himself. “Doug was very friendly and kind,” Win says. The two went on to attend Arizona State University in Tempe together.  

Education is like many fields: Practitioners can struggle to connect the theoretical — research — with the actual. In education, the practice of action research provides a path between the two. And Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Associate Professor Craig Mertler helps educators find that path.

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