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Real Education Is Human

Nov 1st, 2011

Real Education Is Human

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At an  unusual school I observed a seven-year-old girl come before the school’s judicial council.

 

 

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I Learned To Believe In Me

Sep 30th, 2011

 

The experiences of great learners and resilient learners can teach individuals how to improve their own learning and show schools how to support learners of all kinds.

By Kirsten Olson, Phi Delta Kappan, September 2011

 

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Rethinking Every Assumption

Sep 30th, 2011

Re-Thinking Every Assumption

in the Anywhere Anytime Learning Newsletter, September 2011

If you wanted to rethink every assumption about conventional high school--with multi-media technology at the center, combined with an intense conviction about adolescents ' desire to do meaningful and important work--what would it look like? "This is the NYC iSchool, and we're working on something completely new," says Executive Director Alisa Berger.


 

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Tour of Our Lives

Apr 22nd, 2011

Schools that work well put love at the center.

Reflections on the Institute for Democratic Education's (IDEA) first ever School Innovation Tour.  Our key learnings posted...

Article appeared in Cooperative Catalyst April 11, 2011.

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Paradoxes of School Transformation

Aug 11th, 2011

The ability to hold two conflicting truths simultaneously isn’t easy.  And that’s exactly what our work in education calls us to do at this moment.

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