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Three Features of Innovative Education That Are Not Bugs
When creating a school that’s different from the mental model many parents, teachers, administrators, citizens (and some students) hold in their heads, key critiques arise that, when not addressed appropriately, result in confusion, wasted effort, hand-wringing, and disillusionment. And these emotions can in turn compel innovators to revert to the traditional, broken, inequitable systems and …
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Innovating on Curriculum
A feature of innovative schools, and probably innovative organizations more generally, is a tendency to under-design from the top*. I’ve worked at two K-12 schools designed to continually innovate, and each takes a slightly different approach to avoid over-fitting theory on praxis. First a note about constant change: One might reasonably think that, yes, the …
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Three: Ending Well(If you haven’t read part one, on establishing purpose, or part two, on facilitating well, I’d [keep reading...]
Treating Classes Like Gatherings, Part Two: Teaching With Generous Authority(If you haven’t read part one, about establishing purpose, consider starting there.) After [keep reading...]
Why Teachers Should Consider Their Classes “Gatherings”Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, a book that, as the subtitle suggests, takes up the subject of [keep reading...]