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Last night in Kyiv, our parent-teacher meetings were scheduled from 5 to 8 pm. Twice the sirens sounded. Twice we moved to the shelter....

Some lessons end at the bell. The best ones don’t. They keep walking with a student—to the kitchen table, the bus stop, the phone call...

When we picture the JVDT train, we see clear rails and named stations— Information → Integration → Comprehension → Field of Application ....

JVDT Methodology — Category 4: Technology & Modern Environments Bill Gates’ soundbites about AI “replacing teachers” ricochet around...

When you hear “assessment,” it’s easy to picture a final grade, a red pen, a door closing. In the JVDT methodology, assessment is the...

If you’ve ever heard a group task and thought it sounded like noise, listen again. In a JVDT classroom, that hum is the train...

Every class is a small city—different streets, speeds, languages, histories. When we pretend everyone boards the same train at the same...

Kyiv — September 3 • from a 2014 Normandy milestone moment Eleven years ago I sketched a pillar of the JVDT Methodology I called CAGE : C...

Kyiv — September 2 Today, like many schools across the city, we spent about four hours  in the basement during air-raid warnings with...

September 1, Kyiv As we open our doors for a new school year. I’m thinking about every student, parent, and educator walking in with...

Last night, Kyiv was under the most intense aerial assault since the early days of the invasion. Nearly 600 strike drones and more than...

When we teach language, we are not just exchanging vocabulary—we are planting words in soil. Some words take root and flourish, becoming...

A Classroom in Wartime I have taught in classrooms across the world—from open-air shelters on the Zambian plains near Kitwe to modern...

We often think of knowledge as the end goal of education. But what if it’s just the beginning? In the JVDT methodology , knowledge is...

Why who we become is just as important as what we learn. In education, we often ask: What do students need to know? The JVDT methodology...

– Teaching the Student, Not the Average The myth of the “average learner” is perhaps the most dangerous assumption in modern education....

If the first step of Emotional Intelligence is awareness, the second is courage. And sometimes, it takes heartbreak, trauma, and the risk...

In education, metaphors aren’t decorative—they are powerful tools for meaning-making. At the heart of the JVDT methodology lies a simple,...

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is more than a trend in modern education—it’s a transformative lens through which learning, leadership, and...

In a world flooded with information, education must offer more than data delivery. It must cultivate understanding . The JVDT Methodology...