suli breaks

http://redefineschool.com/632/suli-amoako-prior-to-now/

Don't Go Back to School... Or Do

Don't Go Back to School... Or Do

In Pursuit of In(ter)dependent Learning: Kio Stark

In Pursuit of In(ter)dependent Learning: Kio Stark

grazie Howard..


http://redefineschool.com/632/kio-stark/

tweets - ceo/uni's looking for

Maccabee Montandon (@maccabeem)
4/22/13 6:06 AM
Wanna work in Silicon Valley? Hiring secrets from influential connectors like Kleiner Perkins'@JdeBaubigny: fastcompany.com/3008611/hiring…

Whether she is scouring Stanford or Parsons for up-and-comers or more established candidates, de Baubigny says, “I am always very open minded about what good talent looks like.” Of course, you have to be really smart in the tech industry, she says, but she is looking beyond intellect for something she calls mental and emotional dexterity. “Funding cycles and product launches are always changing, and you’ve got to be able to go with it,” she explains. Finding such a skill in a candidate may be as simple as teasing out whether the person relocated to a job or home in a place where they didn’t know anyone and had to get by on their own merit.

somewhat different approach to matchmaking for portfolio ventures. Rather than doing active placement, she and her 10-person Talent Network are building relationships with Silicon Valley’s standouts and college students and introducing them to the right people at the right startups. Then it’s up to the company to offer a job after they make the connections

What are you reading?” It's a direct way, she says, to understand their curiosity and what inspires them. “They need to be able to form a cogent argument about where they are taking their interests. I really want to understand that,” she sa

Another rather direct way de Baubigny finds out what a candidate is made of is to ask what they see is the legacy they’ll be leaving at their previous company. “What I want to do is find out if they had an impact on the organization,” she explains. Not to worry if it’s a massive outfit like Google, de Baubigny contends. Talking about working within a small team can demonstrate if the person is ego-centric or plays well with others.

She also asks interviewees what they think are the best-designed apps or products, to determine what they see as trending. All this gives her enough insight to begin making introductions.

acontinues to be in touch as they make the rounds at different companies, offering information on the market as well as on culture and management style, always asking, “What sounds good to you?” She explains, “We are facilitating discovery


ReachScale (@ReachScale)
4/22/13 6:05 AM
Where will “Household Names” in Social Enterprise come from? bit.ly/YpRxI0 cc @guyarceneaux@shirleyayres @ADHumlen



Big Think (@bigthink)
4/22/13 6:06 AM
Coming Soon: A Chinese Version Of The Rhodes Scholarship ow.ly/kgFLP #rhodesscholarship #china#scholarships #graduateschool

VideoNotes - A Great Tool for Taking Notes While Watching Academic Videos

VideoNotes - A Great Tool for Taking Notes While Watching Academic Videos

lovely photo opp

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/04/photographer-takes-a-boy-with-muscular-dystrophy-on-an-imaginary-adventure/

tweets to apr 21 - disruptive sustainability

ReachScale (@ReachScale) 4/20/13 6:13 AM 6 ways capital markets undermine value creation: Why disruptive sustainability is new leadership framework greenbiz.com/blog/2013/03/2…

Another Harvard professor, Clayton Christensen, is also pushing back against the business-as-usual mindset of “measure what you manage and manage what you measure,” which has also infiltrated the CSR and ESG vernacular. Christensen has said “[T]he way they designed the world, data is only about the past. And when we teach people that they should be data-driven and fact-based and analytical as they look into the future, in many ways we condemn them to take action when the game is over.” C

And when Michael Porter replaces his Five Forces framework with Creating Shared Value -- maybe that, too, is disruptive sustainability.

In the final analysis, management is prediction. Data can inform, but it alone cannot predict. As Christensen once observed, ”The only way you can look into the future -- there’s no data -- so you have to have a good theory. We don’t think about it but every time we take an action it is predicated upon a theory. And so by teaching managers to look through the lens of the theory into the future, you can actually see the future very clearly. I think that’s what the theory of disruption has done.”

My advice to CSR or ESG professionals: Don’t look to a 30-year-old framework from Harvard Business School to show relevance; formulate a good theory -- a compelling, credible, disruptive theory -- and make your case based on that.

Ann Bartlett (@AnnBartlett) 4/16/13 11:05 AM RT @ReachScale: Don't forget to read Ben's brief ow.ly/jMAz5 on how we can achieve the MDGs in just 1000 days #WorldHealthDay http://www.one.org/c/international/policybrief/4650/

Soul Biographies (@soulbiographies)
4/20/13 6:28 AM
Two men set out on a path
to shake the world.
And gather gold …

soulbiographies.com/on-wisdom/ #wisdom

- Jeff Goldstein (@doctorjeff)
4/20/13 6:14 AM
A classroom is not a place. It is a frame of mind. #edchat The video: youtube.com/watch?v=haUj3q… #TEDx

- Jeff Goldstein (@doctorjeff)
4/20/13 6:25 AM
On human exploration and the majesty of the universe, interview with Kauffman Foundation:youtube.com/watch?v=b2Rp5p… #edchat #TEDx


Ashoka UK (@AshokaUK)
4/20/13 6:16 AM
The past 10 years saw Social Enterprise become mainstream - what will the next 50 bring?goo.gl/VgR7n @jeffskoll #AshokaAtSkoll



Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki)
4/20/13 6:25 AM
Fascinating look at how jazz was used to fight communism [video]is.gd/4Dnjd0


David Weinberger (@dweinberger)
4/20/13 6:21 AM
My @CNN post about what we learn from how we react to not knowing.cnn.com/2013/04/19/opi…


For example, my three narratives each assume humans are pretty much autonomous, and therefore we have to look inside them to see the reasons they acted -- a set of political beliefs for the Anti-American, impossible social needs for the Antisocial, and totally crazy beliefs for the Delusional. Further, all three of my narratives assume that empathy and social connection are the natural state for humans, so you have to come up with reasons to explain antisocial behavior; there are other narratives that say that humans are fundamentally selfish, so you have to explain altruistic behavior

Scott McLeod (@mcleod) 4/20/13 6:01 AM Boss Level: A School’s Experiment with Connected Learning | Connected Learning Research Networkbit.ly/17Nv8qr

So what about the disconnect between the essential question and the videos the students created? The essential question was meant to broaden students’ horizons and incorporate a social justice slant to the activity.  But the question was selected by adults.  It may be that students deliberately chose to downplay the stated prompt, in favor of elevating their own interests. In this case, the subversion of the theme could be viewed as students actually performing the stated essential question. By ignoring the adult-sanctioned prompt, students were actively challenging a system created by adults.  Thus the stories the students chose to create answered an essential question of the students’ own choosing (i.e., how can I make a movie that my peers enjoy?). 

http://centerforcollegeaffordability.org/uploads/Underemployed%20Report%202.pdf

Fred Bartels (@fredbartels)
4/20/13 6:10 AM
Drip, drip, drip. The media shifts our focus from one heart-wrenching crisis to the next. Meanwhile inequality grows & grows.

Global Voices (@globalvoices)
4/18/13 8:49 AM
The Saudi Marathon Man's Eyewitness Account translated from Arabic: bit.ly/17IR5XF#BostonExplosion #BostonMarathon

Audrey Watters (@audreywatters)
4/18/13 11:29 AM
Yay! @dpla!


Michelle Bourgeois (@milobo)
4/17/13 11:15 PM
“Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.” 
― Daniel H. Pink


Michelle Bourgeois (@milobo)
4/17/13 11:16 PM
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” 
― Peter F. Drucker

Andrea Moran (@andream_m) 4/16/13 7:40 PM Parent-lead "opt-out" movement against US standardized testing- washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… via @washingtonpost cc @RaceToNowhere #education

If a test is done right . . . there is no more efficient, less expensive, no simpler way to get a snapshot of whether students are effectively learning,” said Sandy Kress, a Texas lawyer and former Bush aide who has been working on school accountability issues for 25 years and helped write No Child Left Behind.

perhaps.. because.. if it's done right(?) it's a self assessment with someone alongside(Latin defn of assessment is alongside)

JackieGerstein Ed.D. (@jackiegerstein) 4/18/13 7:06 AM 16 Ways To Promote “Grit” and Delayed Gratification In The Classroom opencolleges.edu.au/informed/featu… via @inform_ed

For example, if they forfeit the free homework pass each day for a week, at the end of the week, the kids who did get an extra 15 minutes of recess. You’ll quickly see who likes the immediate gratification and who is willing to wait it out

seems ridiculous..

5 times even just 10 min a night is 50min

15min recess... you aren't testing pure grit.. are you..?

and always baffling..the thing we decide is give-up-able... no?

your goal as a teacher is to have your student fill out 100 multiplication facts in five minutes, use it as an opportunity to teach resilience

school itself is an act of resilience... most are shining at... 

its unbelievable (and shameful even) how many don't rebel... but rather rely on the incredible resilience they learned from early on... holding their breath during the day... in order to get .. perhaps .. 15 more min recess on Friday..or a clearance from homework..

are we listening..

let's lean in more..

to ourselves, our words, our experiments... to others.

what matters.. ? seeing people.. perhaps we work on that.

7 billion incredible experiments ... waiting to be launched..

that daily... hourly... waiting... to get to do what matters to their gut...what keeps them up at night... gets them to jumping out of bed in the morning..

a very polite grit..

anyone want to see.. true grit.... .? 

other words, once in awhile it will benefit your students to give them a problem or worksheet that they cannot complete perfectly. Warn them ahead of time that the goal of this exercise is simply to try – not to succeed. At the end, hand out a reward or grade that is dependent on their effort, not the aptitude

oh my.

If you have the students’ desks arranged in groups, have them participate in friendly competitions. For example, to encourage healthy snacking, have each team earn a point every day the whole group brings in a healthy snack. The reward will be something that happens in the future (like an ice cream party or movie). In this case, students will have to be mindful of their snack each morning at home when they pack

interesting.. no?

johnkellden (@johnkellden)
4/20/13 6:11 AM
Zen of Small Tasks: How to make a baby via +Ed Chi plus.google.com/10101025294309…

Between the By-Road and the Main Road: Unsay the World

Between the By-Road and the Main Road: Unsay the World: Times Square at Near Night (M.A. Reilly, 2013) The emancipation of both nature and the human imagination depends first on th...

perhaps - if we keep looking at countries.. we'll keep fighting/dying/losing/bleeding

perhaps - if we start looking at people.. we win/love/live/be

tiffany mikell - inner city

http://www.uncollege.org/self-directed-learning-an-inner-city-perspective/

I did eventually drop out of high-school and earn my GED.  At 17, I was restless. I couldn’t understand how learning polynomials and quadratic equations would help me with anything but the standardized tests that I loathed.  I enjoyed my English classes, but Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes seemed so far away from the crime-ridden blocks I walked through on my way home from school. I knew that learning this seemingly irrelevant material might help with college admissions, but I wasn’t sure how it would help my friends and neighbors eat at night or prevent my classmates from getting shot on the playground that afternoon.  At 17, living in the South Side of Chicago, those were my main concerns.

One Love | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

bullying

this happens too often:
http://dianeravitch.net/2013/04/18/when-school-officials-bully-students/

on multiple levels, between multiple peoples.

let's not push our fears (but flaring up our control feathers) on ones that are bravely trying to make the shift we all crave..
no?

tweets to apr 17 - change, algebra, gates 5 bill cameras

Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya)
4/16/13 6:27 AM
how to survive the coming chaos by @Joi via @willrich45wired.com/business/2012/…

Wired: And in the face of that we ought to do what?
Ito: What you need to do is understand these changes are happening, and build systems and governments and ways of thinking that are resilient to this kind of destructive change that is going to happen. It’s a kind of change that is really hard to predict, it’s really hard to control, so how do you as a human being, or as an organization, survive in this chaotic, unpredictable system where planning is almost impossible?

Wired: Please tell me you have an answer.
Ito: There are nine or so principles to work in a world like this:

1. Resilience instead of strength, which means you want to yield and allow failure and you bounce back instead of trying to resist failure.
2. You pull instead of push. That means you pull the resources from the network as you need them, as opposed to centrally stocking them and controlling them.
3. You want to take risk instead of focusing on safety.
4. You want to focus on the system instead of objects.
5. You want to have good compasses not maps.
6. You want to work on practice instead of theory. Because sometimes you don’t why it works, but what is important is that it is working, not that you have some theory around it.
7. It disobedience instead of compliance. You don’t get a Nobel Prize for doing what you are told. Too much of school is about obedience, we should really be celebrating disobedience.
8. It’s the crowd instead of experts.
9. It’s a focus on learning instead of education.

We’re still working on it, but that is where our thinking is headed.

Dave Meister (@DaveMeister_) 4/16/13 6:28 AM TV news has become useless to me. I don't need to be told how to feel and I only need to hear the bad news once. #backtoyourregulartweets

interesting..

take note how often our conversations stagnate there..

seths post today on energy

Andy Carvin (@acarvin)
4/16/13 6:50 AM
Visiting a high school in Baltimore this morning. No shortage of things for us to talk about, for better or worse. #syria #boston #etc

Dughall McCormick (@dughall) 4/16/13 6:50 AM I am currently responding to the curriculum consultationis.gd/fwCOJ8

same as acarvin..?

perhaps. if we could only give up the reins

perhaps big difference... dates.

yesterda/today vs 2002/2011

Michelle Bourgeois (@milobo) 4/16/13 6:54 AM Forgiveness or permission?

imagine perhaps.. neither

imagine personal/daily agency w/o raised eyebrow

Teny Oded Gross (@tenygross) 4/14/13 7:53 AM Teachers: Will We Ever Learn?, via @nytimesnyti.ms/1728asr

Call it the industrial-factory model: power resides at the top, with state and district officials setting goals, providing money and holding teachers accountable for realizing predetermined ends. While rational on its face, in practice this system does not work well because teaching is a complex activity that is hard to direct and improve from afar. The factory model is appropriate to simple work that is easy to standardize; it is ill suited to disciplines like teaching that require considerable skill and discretion.

or perhaps.. simply.. learning is natural..compulsion, no matter how pretty we get at it.. blocks learning.

and whether or not we realize that.. ending each sentence with how people did on some test... will never get us where we want our own children to be. it's the raised eyebrow.. elephant in the room.. no matter how you  sugar/force coat it.

The factory model is appropriate to simple work that is easy to standardize; it is ill suited to disciplines like teaching that require considerable skill and discretion.

more like.., I'll suited when/if you actually want people to think .. to learn how to learn. not complicated... but rather..... too simple for us to accept..

perhaps we encourage relationship.. people known by people..and voice.. everyone talks to self

we need to trust that.. not the complexity of some discipline of teaching.. a compulsory curriculum

imagine a world where we really see people

Teaching requires a professional model, like we have in medicine, law, engineering, accounting, architecture and many other fields. In these professions, consistency of quality is created less by holding individual practitioners accountable and more by building a body of knowledge, carefully training people in that knowledge, requiring them to show expertise before they become licensed, and then using their professions’ standards to guide their work.

wait...what..?

that's why health and law.. et al is doing so well... right..?

no prescribed training... proof.. 

Bunker Roy -ish - life is the training, the proof

these criteria, American education is a failed profession. There is no widely agreed-upon knowledge base, training is brief or nonexistent, the criteria for passing licensing exams are much lower than in other fields, and there is little continuous professional guidance. It is not surprising, then, that researchers find wide variation in teaching skills across classrooms; in the absence of a system devoted to developing consistent expertise, we have teachers essentially winging it as they go along, with predictably uneven results

sorry Jal.. but precisely why we are where we are.. no?

wow - Harvard in education field is saying this..

perhaps out of perpetuating it..

perhaps agreed upon knowledge base.. begs to be... knowing what to do when you don't know what to do... being usefully ignorant, not theoretically pretty..

em devoted to developing consistent expertise, we have teachers essentially winging it as they go along, with predictably uneven results.

remove the confines of compulsion... at all levels ...student/teacher/admin/parent....etc.. classroom walls... age levels... etc 

and that's exactly what  we want.

people living day to day in the vulnerability of context.

embracing uncertainty..

fine tuning the art of.. knowing what to o when you don't know what to do

Greg Satell (@Digitaltonto)
4/14/13 7:50 AM
If you want to create change, forget about the nodes and focus on the networkp.ost.im/p/dxNKt5

So rather than try to find a big shot to support your cause, actively recruit those who will be passionate about your idea.  Chances are they know some others who’ll like it as well.Study after study has shown that influence is not a function of individuals as much as it is the effect of chains of people – not the nodes, but the network.
So take Seth Godin’s advice:  If you want to change the world, start with a tribe.  Look to find people who are passionate rather than influential.

That’s because majorities don’t just rule, they influence, to a much greater extent than most people would think.  Back in the 50’s, Solomon Asch documented just how much with his famous conformity experiments, in which he showed research subjects who were told that they were in a “perceptual experiment” this pair of cards.

There’s a reason why revolutionary movements so often originate in closed systems like college campuses.  You don’t need to convince everybody, just a local majority.  Once you’ve attained that, the idea can spread to other clusters through the strength of weak ties and before you know it, the movement is gathering steam.

Tony Wagner (@DrTonyWagner)
4/12/13 8:07 AM
“@alexanderrusso: It's Not the Test That Made Them Cheat ow.ly/jZqzT" What is not mentioned is the impact of high-stakes.

Tony Wagner (@DrTonyWagner) 4/12/13 3:16 PM @grantwiggins great rant from a math lover on everything wrong with algebra Igrantwiggins.wordpress.com

Since the king was rarely around to punish his son when necessary, tutors to the young prince found it extremely difficult to enforce rules or learning.

so telling.. on so many levels 

Tony Wagner (@DrTonyWagner)
4/12/13 1:44 PM
At New Tech High Network, project-based learning plus #CWRA equals college success http#://j.mp/ZRy7Gy


Fast Company (@FastCompany)
4/16/13 6:56 AM
Inside Bill Gates' $5 Billion Plan To Put Cameras In Every Classroomtrib.al/boFkXhu

Among all his foundation's educational initiatives for things like smaller schools and new technology, Gates has increasingly zeroed in on effective teaching as the key lever to improve education, as he discusses in an exclusive interview in Fast Company this month.

Heather Thorkelson (@RepOfFreedom)
4/16/13 8:45 AM
The need to be normal is the predominant anxiety disorder in modern life. - Thomas Moore, Original Self


Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales)
4/16/13 8:40 AM
The 6 Worst Media Reactions to the Boston Marathon Bombing | The Skeptical Libertarianow.ly/k6UiK

Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) 4/16/13 8:47 AM Change Management Needs to Changes.hbr.org/Z00EhG

While it might be plausible to conclude that we should rethink the basics, let me suggest an alternative explanation: The content of change management is reasonably correct, but the managerial capacity to implement it has been woefully underdeveloped.

Here's an example of this pattern: Over the course of several years, a major healthcare company introduced thousands of managers to a particular change management approach, while providing more intensive training in specific tools and techniques to six sigma and HR experts. As a result, managers became familiar with the concepts, but depended on the "experts" to actually put together the plans. Eventually, change management just became one more work-stream for every project, instead of a new way of thinking about how to get something accomplished. 

William Chamberlain (@wmchamberlain)
4/16/13 8:48 AM
Check out @DirtySexyEdtech's new blog tinyurl.com/cmej8oc I love a good #edrant Make sure to follow too, #goodstuff #edstuff


Ben Berkowitz (@benberkowitz)
4/16/13 6:18 AM
Internet + Humanity +1. Neighbors posting free housing in #Boston in googledoc and here:neighborsforneighbors.org/page/marathon?… thanks to @josephporcelli

nic askew

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fIBG8HoWuY?version=3&w=180&h=210]

too few people hold a conversation - just because
people don't pay attention to random - because - where's the benefit of that
most aren't paying attention, most aren't lost in the person
not destroying the delight of meeting someone for the first time without any assumptions
if there's a space that's totally clear between the two of us..
the point is to see someone, and to see someone, you don't want to get in the way
there's no formula, no way to prepare.. just to got to listen to the ether

love 18 min in - we usually need something of explanation, but when experiencing presence, that explanation eludes you

what if all we were looking for was to fall in love - with everything
intangible experiences
i don't know what's going to be there - my job is just to give the space
you never get to anything of depth, if you've already worked out where you want to go, .. because then you can't see the person, there's no sense of wonder, and we miss out on everything, the curiosity, the wonder, all the doors that might open to us
25 min in - talking about them is no fun - it's all up here - up in their cleverness
right now i wouldn't put the camera on - we're not there - there's something in the way
so - what's going on - there's too much thinking going on - we're trying to explain what i do
what's right in front of us now - that could be interesting, but we're trying to be clever, trying to work it out 

______________

Beryl:

31 min in: from interit felt safe, warm, an acceptance, i didn't need to be clever, it was easy - it just was what it was

it seems like nothing is happening, but the attention i'm getting from you is powerful, feels like i'm being listened to, doesn't matter what i say, feels like a light shining into my soul, feel a resistance, yet slightly seduced by it

it feels like someone is saying to me, you don't have to pretend, as you are, you are fine, nothing else has to happen

it's like i can't see anywhere i have to get to, for a while anyway

so we heal ourselves, if we're given the space

_______________

i can see you now - i couldn't see you before
there's a place where i can see someone's intellect (far more easy to sell, to take in,...) far less easy to get someone to pay attention to the different state, but it's far richer
everyone is capable of it
there's a whole section of this world talking about possibility, but that comes from a place that doesn't believe it
oh. well i'm here, but this isn't it. 
what i do most of the time - i just wonder about stuff..
you can't get to a definitive answer - so in a constant state of - i don't know
the ability to be there, without expectation

peace

posted on facebook via George Takai

Seth's Blog: Conservation of energy in conversation

Seth's Blog: Conservation of energy in conversation

But of course, they're not your opponent and you don't really win.

ie: http://www.samchaltain.com/energy-or-entropy

yo-yo ma at nancy hanks

notes here: http://redefineschool.com/632/yo-yo-ma/

clay shirky & nicco mele

via http://www.niemanlab.org/2013/04/the-end-of-big-media-when-news-orgs-move-from-brands-to-platforms-for-talent/

thank you Jennifer

Seth's Blog: Paying attention (to someone else's agenda)

Seth's Blog: Paying attention (to someone else's agenda)

How to Make Your Classroom a Thinking Space | Edutopia

How to Make Your Classroom a Thinking Space | Edutopia

tweets - impossible is irrelevant

if it  (whatever people are saying is impossible, or hopeless), was about your kid, that would become irrelevant to you. you wouldn't accept it. you would do all you could.

we know too much - to keep ignoring - the things we can do.

Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) 4/11/13 6:54 AM Fixing the World's Infrastructure Problemss.hbr.org/ZbcjJT

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa's power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country's total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that 15% of the country's roads are in an unacceptable condition and says that road congestion costs the U.S. an estimated $100 billion per year. In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF). The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that investment equivalent to 7.9% of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries.
This isn't an overly radical thought — Chile, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan are all developing frameworks for giving private players greater roles in project and portfolio plann

imagine 7 bill

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevincashman/2013/04/03/the-five-dimensions-of-learning-agile-leaders/

i thought learning was agile.

so did you.

let's get back to what we know. do/be that.

talk to self daily - quickest way there.

Skoll World Forum (@SkollWorldForum)
4/11/13 6:30 AM
RT @SkollFoundation: We are delighted to be standing in solidarity with Festival of Exile in their epic quest for peace tonight @...

Skoll World Forum (@SkollWorldForum)
4/10/13 7:21 AM
Fair Trade can and must do more - we need 'people-centred sustainability': ow.ly/jVyWw #skollwf@AlertNet

JackieGerstein Ed.D. (@jackiegerstein)
4/10/13 7:21 AM
Save the date: April 10 rally for commonsense immigration reform educationvotes.nea.org/2013/03/06/sav…#timeisnow

Dana Bennis (@DanaBennis) 4/10/13 6:25 AM Beautiful reflection on school & student engagement, seen thru the eyes of a parent at @MissionHillK8. #YearatMHdemocraticeducation.org/index.php/blog…

But here is an aspect of these situations that is self-evident and, to me, remarkable: the kids perceive themselves as part of a communal endeavor, their school, on which they expect to be afforded a comprehensive vi

self evident.

and remarkable.

My son loves school. He looks to every school day as an adventure, and to his teachers as trusted, vibrant guides. The success of his experience begins with small classes and unstinting adult presence; it begins with being known

The academic ground my son must cover

in love with all of this..

but this one phrase.

imagine.

what if.

that simple phrase.. is the elephant in the room...

calling on pluralistic ignorance.. let's not accept that anymore..

perhaps that's the key to becoming a narrative for every soul.

via public Ed.. 

Ashoka (@Ashoka)
4/10/13 6:25 AM
Bill Drayton, Beverly Schwartz & Henry deSio kick off workshop on Framework Change #AshokaAtSkoll #skollwfpic.twitter.com/U19WdwEL61