Remember Sisyphus? Having angered the gods he spends eternity rolling a boulder up a hill, but never reaching the top. Each time he approaches the summit, the boulder rolls back down and Sisyphus must start his upward climb again. Efforts to bring inquiry-based instruction to schools often feel like Sisyphus' endless labor—small shifts occur in a classroom here or there but somehow the broader landscape never seems to change.
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