There are few more occasions for celebration than the publication of a new book by civil rights activist, educator, and National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol. For six decades, Kozol…
Women Invent The Future
Happy Women’s History Month! Long before makerspaces became common in schools, before Maker Faire captured imaginations, and before STEAM evolved into a buzzword, Constructing Modern Knowledge has been the summer…
2025 Elegy
Phew! What a year. Aside from the normal trials and tribulations of passing time, 2025 has been filled with an intolerable level of chaos and darkness. Worst of all, I…
Carla Rinaldi & Edith Ackermann in Conversation
The video (below) is a very special one. It features two of my sheroes, Dr. Edith Ackermann and Carla Rinaldi in conversation at the 2016 Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute….
Carla Rinaldi (1947 – 2025)
[April 18, 2025] For 15+ years, I dreamed of sharing Reggio Emilia with educators from across the globe and to collaborate with our brilliant Italian colleagues in pursuit of research…