Let’s start here: Curriculum is just a guess. And to paraphrase the late, great Seymour Papert, now that we have access to just about everything there is to know, what
While great grades and academic rigor will continue to be the primary metric for college admissions, a student’s chances for admission will greatly improve once they understand how to utilize social media to demonstrate interest, convey good character, and showcase the skills and personal attributes colleges are looking for to set themselves apart from other qualified applicants.
In remote and hybrid environments, students will collaborate, work together and connect when given the opportunity.
Our Unpleasant Truths | Will Richardson series: Part I: Where Have They Delivered Us? Part II: How Do Educators Get Unstuck? Part III: Schools Were Not Built For Learning School
Covid-19 has profoundly disrupted business as usual within schools, causing institutions across the country to scramble as they attempt to maintain services in the face of unforeseen obstacles. Operational challenges
By Hubert Ham, Director of Innovation & IT, The Alexander Dawson School (NV) and The Esports EDU Lab As an administrator, when was the last time you considered the state
A perhaps-underappreciated aspect of Mehta and Fine’s excellent 2018 book, In Search of Deeper Learning, is its thoughtful attention to double-loop learning. Borrowing from the work of Chris Argyris, Mehta
By Tedd Wakeman, Co-Founder and Director, the Sycamore School (CA) As trends continue toward “rigorous,” standards-based educational practice, those of us on the front lines of reimagining education continue to
In Part III of Unpleasant Truths, Will Richardson asks a key question: How do we take the very natural act of learning in children and make it happen in the very unnatural space of the classroom?
February 5, 2021 Traditionally, there are several reasons why independent schools undertake a new strategic plan: Today, there is another reason that was not considered as recently as last year: