These headlines are one reason emotional intelligence is one of the most desired 21st Century skills: “What’s Lost When We Rush Kids Through Childhood” Emily Kaplan, Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, September 4, 2019 “We Have Ruined Childhood” Kim Brooks, NY Times Sunday Review, August 17, 2019 “Teen Depression and Anxiety: Why the Kids Are …
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Welcome to the fourth and final episode in my month-long exploration of “power” in schools. I don’t know about you, but I found all of these conversations fascinating in terms of how much the power relationships we have in schools impact the experience that kids have, and the extent to which we are functionally unaware …
The “Let’s Change School” conversation came to the forefront again this week after a video collaboration between Ted Dintersmith and the rapper Prince Ea went viral. As we write this, the video has been up for a little over 4 days, and between YouTube and Facebook, it has almost 10 million views and over …
A response to Prince Ea’s viral video “What is School For?” Read More »
Scott Looney talks to us about grades We are thinking outside the box today about the foundational elements of grades and high school transcripts in the US educational system. Scott Looney is the Headmaster at the Hawken School in Cleveland, Ohio, and the founder of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC). He discusses his attempt to …
Personal learning Will and Bruce talk deeply about one of the biggest buzz words in education: Personalized Learning. They riff on this article from Wired. Will is a long time advocate for personal learning and not personalized learning. You can read his blogs about it here and here. So, you might be wondering if there is …
Dr. Art Fessler on How Transparency Can Lead Change What’s one of the hardest moving targets for leaders to hit when it comes to change? Why would you want to create a branding guide for your district? Why is the common language so important when articulating what change means in your school? In this episode Will …
In recent issues we’ve shared stories from writers who have talked at length about the unprecedented changes that are taking place in the world around us, and from last week we shared excerpts of posts that were focused on the impact those changes are likely have on the world of work that our young people …
