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The most successful football play of all time

• November 5, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, Authentic Education, Great Teachers
Tags: children, citizenry, connections, dignity, empathy, football, humanizing, life-long learning, making a difference, personal skill-building, respect, responsibility, soulful education, student needs, students

Insanity

• November 4, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Child-led learning, Creativity
Tags: aims, child-led learning, children, connections, creativity, humanizing, imagination, personal skill-building, play-based learning, soulful education, standardized testing, student needs, students, teach to the test

Exciting jobs

• October 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, Discrimination, Education Reform, History of Education, Right to an Education
Tags: aims, children, citizenry, dignity, education policy, education reform, humanizing, making a difference, respect, responsibility, soulful education, student needs, students, visions, youth

Zaytuna College: First American Muslim College

• June 1, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Islamic knowledge, Spirituality
Tags: American Muslim, Islamic education, Islamic knowledge, liberal arts, life-long learning, making a difference, post-secondary education, soulful education, spirituality, students

His face says it all…

• May 22, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Great Teachers
Tags: children, connections, great teachers, humanizing, making a difference, Oklahoma, soulful education, students, teachers

Bully: The Trailer

• February 28, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Bullying
Tags: bullying, citizenry, dignity, empathy, humanizing, life-long learning, making a difference, personal skill-building, professionalism, respect, responsibility, soulful education, special education, student needs, students

What’s wrong with standardized tests?

• February 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Authentic Education, Testing
Tags: control, education policy, effective teaching, motivation, standardized testing, student needs, students, teach to the test, teaching methodology

Playing in and out of School

• February 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Play-based Learning
Tags: aims, children, connections, creativity, effective teaching, humanizing, imagination, life-long learning, motivation, nature, Pasi Sahlberg, personal skill-building, play-based learning, soulful education, students

Understanding Justice

• February 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Special Education
Tags: accommodations, aims, children, dyslexia, education policy, life-long learning, making a difference, personal skill-building, respect, special education, student needs, students, teaching methodology

Kindergarten Spaces and Places

• January 29, 2013 • 2 Comments

Posted in Early Childhood Education, Place-based Education, Play-based Learning
Tags: aims, children, connections, creativity, imagination, motivation, nature, play-based learning, soulful education, student needs, students, visions

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