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Inspiring Innovation

• November 30, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Max

• November 25, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Special Education
Tags: aims, Aspergers, autism, children, connections, humanizing, life-long learning, making a difference, respect, soulful education, special education

Topsy-Turvy

• November 24, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in Aims, Responsibility vs Obedience, Vision
Tags: citizenry, civics, civil disobedience, Howard Zinn, law, Matt Damon

Handwritten

• November 22, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, History of Education, Vision
Tags: aims, citizenry, civics, connections, curriculum, dignity, Gettysburg Address, history, life-long learning, making a difference, President Lincoln, President Obama, soulful education

Rotten at the core

• November 17, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Education Reform, Educational Policy, School is not education
Tags: Common Core Standards, connections, curriculum, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, industrialized education, life-long learning, standardized testing, student needs, teach to the test, teaching methodology

Every kid needs a champion

• November 14, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Great Teachers
Tags: aims, children, connections, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, empathy, humanizing, life-long learning, making a difference, motivation, respect, responsibility, Rita Pierson, soulful education, teacher training, teachers, TED talk education, youth

They say…

• November 11, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Bullying
Tags: aims, bullying, children, empathy, humanizing, respect, responsibility, soulful education, student needs

I still have a hard time letting things go…

• November 11, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Bullying, Spirituality
Tags: aims, children, discrimination, empathy, humanizing, identity formation, life-long learning, soulful education, student needs, youth

Brainwashed

• November 10, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in School is not education
Tags: aims, control, standardized testing, teach to the test

Square peg, round hole

• November 9, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in School is not education, Testing
Tags: aims, control, education policy, education reform, standardized testing, teach to the test, teaching methodology

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