Posts Tagged ‘education system’
“This totally sucks, I know.”: Six Steps to Speaking The Language of Students
“This totally sucks, I know.” That was it. That was the most important thing I said today. To a 13 year old. After 45 minutes of explaining to a 13 year old why we were working on an application for a new school today, those three words turned the tide in a powerful weekend storm…
Read MoreThe Case for Innovation in School Systems NOW
Our current education system has changed little since the industrial revolution in America. The system as it exists was designed to meet the needs of a society that existed over 100 years ago. Designed by business leaders to meet the needs of the new booming factory town times in America, schools were built to meet the…
Read MoreYet One More School Shooting
I had another more theoretical blog in the works for June but one more school shooting breaking news headline is taking over my head and my heart right now. I’m feeling quite desperate and so are countless parents and family members of children at Reynolds High School in Portland, Oregon right now. I am at…
Read MoreI Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate
If you haven’t already, you must watch this video. This young artist’s spoken word message is exactly what my work – and my own personal mission – is all about. Are we getting the message? Are we listening? It’s time to change everything. Otherwise we will continue to raise generations of children who feel the…
Read MoreStandardized testing?
Source: Facebook. The great open share-er of information, ideas and opinions. What part of you is standard? What part of your mind is “standardized” and operates just like everyone else’s? Yes, I mean what part of your mind is like EVERYONE else’s? Not just the people in your family, at your school or office,…
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