From the “Sometimes You Read Something That Makes You Want to Scream ‘THIS!’ Department” I give you Sean Michael Morris: “This is the right of agency. It does not give
This post was written during the height of the pandemic. The lessons still apply today. In Learner-Centered Leadership I wrote: “Even more bewildering is the way that we allocate time to these
By Stephanie Lyons (MERGE EDU) and Kevin Merges As futuristic as the technology seems, augmented and virtual reality have been around for quite some time. The first VR invention can
April 22, 2021 The most valuable piece of art in our house is a cheap, colorful map of the United States that hangs above our kitchen table. As a learning
A few years ago, I was given the green light to create a blended, self-paced Latin 1–3 curriculum. Why? Institutionally, I saw that changing our current Latin curriculum into a
For the past month, there has been no shortage of material published on the ways in which independent schools are addressing the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Some
Let’s get right to the point: Everything you do in your school tells a story. Every curricular decision, every hire, every budget line item, every communication, every policy — every
This article is the third in a series of educator commentaries on the independent school accreditation process. The first article was Sanje Ratnavale’s “Will Accreditation Survive COVID-19 and Racism?” The
As Abraham Lincoln made abundantly clear: we not only need to think anew but, equally important, we need to act anew. There has been plenty of “thinking” about new directions
For my first 19 years as a teacher I was a committed lecturer and probably spent 60% of my class time doing whole group “teaching.” I honed my craft. I