In her latest book, author and documentarian Kathleen Cushman takes an inventive approach to exploring the question of how educators can better engage and inspire students: She asks kids.
In writing Fires in the Mind, Cushman worked with 160 “ordinary teenagers” assembled by the nonprofit What Kids Can Do to examine how and why young people become interested and often acquire impressive skills in particular projects and activities, whether in school or out. Together, Cushman and her teenaged collaborators—the book is written in the students’ voices as much the author’s—delve into such issues as motivation, perseverance, “deliberate practice,” and expertise.
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