Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation
In 1892, the Committee of Ten recommended, among other things, twelve years of education -- 8 years of elementary and 4 years of high school. What was the life expectancy in 1892? According to this site, about 45 years. According to the same … [Continue reading]
In October 2020, several organizations partnered to present an online film festival, This is Our Chance film festival. Spread over a period of three weeks, with each week having a unique focus, full length and short films (mostly documentaries) … [Continue reading]
Back in post #15 on redefining the role of teacher, group member Rachel Girman shared this article on heutagogy... The Definition of Heutagogy and Self-Determined Learning. Hoo-ta-what? Down the rabbit hole…..! 🐇🐇 I’ve heard the word … [Continue reading]
This past week I listened to two podcasts that got me quite energized: Taken for Granted: Brené Brown on what vulnerability isn’t - conversation with Adam Grant and Brene Brown Brene with Adam Grant on the Power of Knowing What You Don’t … [Continue reading]
Let’s move the spotlight to teachers, certainly one of our greatest assets! When we talk about human flourishing, we’re talking about everyone in the system. We can’t have student flourishing if our teachers aren’t also flourishing. But what … [Continue reading]
Peter Gray, psychology researcher and scholar, has published a thought-provoking piece in Psychology Today: A Pandemic Lesson: Family Togetherness Makes Children Happy. He reviews some recent research from Let Grow and the Institute for Family … [Continue reading]
That’s the question at the foundation of a new research-based framework released by Next Generation Learning Challenges earlier this month. I love the way they have approached this inquiry, and the framework outcome (with its accompanying … [Continue reading]
The power of the newsletter. Yes...it can be another email, but a good newsletter can scale your learning. What are some of the best newsletters with content to support the work of school transformation? Here are just five that I find very … [Continue reading]
So far in this challenge we have shared several posts on taking the longview --- thinking about the future and taking action to create that future, not simply have it happen to You’re a teacher. You’re a leader. Do you have to become a futurist … [Continue reading]
In my pursuit of the idea of flourishing in education, I ran across a recent book (2020) written by educational philosopher Kristján Kristjánsson (Flourishing as the Aim of Education). It seems quite relevant for our work here, so I will be sure to … [Continue reading]