Should We Give A Genius Hour Approach During COVID?

08/10/20 • 8 min

A friend of mine Tweeted about an idea of making more time for passion projects, Genius Hour- as we start the COVID pt 2 school year. I gave this a lot of thought. Risks like this require a lot of thought. Thanks for the thought-provoking question Ron!

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