It's a Team of Teams world--are your learners prepared?

In “A Team of Teams World” in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Bill Drayton wrote …

Christian TalbotOctober 1, 2018Team of Teams World, Bill Drayton, Stanford Social Innovation Review, General McChrystal, Stanley McChrystal, Team of Teams, PechaKucha, NAIS, The Captain Class, Sam Walker, Malvern Prep

Future of Learning Top Reads for week of Sept 4 2018

With reads from Stanford Social Innovation Review and Thomas Frey, and an interview with Linda Darling-Hammond …

Christian TalbotSeptember 8, 2018The Hillbrook School, Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Annie Makela, Malvern Prep, Center for Social Impact, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Kathleen Kelly Janus, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Thomas Frey, Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford Graduate School of Education

Future of Learning Top Reads for week of July 2 2018

Christian TalbotJuly 7, 2018Tom Vander Ark, Malvern Prep, New Zealand, Chris Hipkins, Los Angeles Times, LA Times, Mastery Transcript Consortium, MTC, NCEA, VUCA, Forbes, Gartner Hype Cycle

How effective is your school's "Third Teacher"?

One of the most important moments in my professional career happened five years ago. My friend and fellow educator Basil Kolani recommended The Third Teacher (2010) ...

Christian TalbotNovember 16, 2017Wonder by Design, Trung Le, 180 Project, Christian Long, Sam Chaltain, Malvern Prep, third teacher, The Bell Curve is Nonsense, The Third Teacher

The Valley & The Compass

One of the greatest challenges to school innovation is a virtually invisible gap.

And even when we see it, we often ignore that gap or try to rationalize it away ...

Christian TalbotOctober 17, 2017mind the gap, strategic plan, Mission Vision Culture, Mission, Vision, Strategies, Tactics, Malvern Prep

What if... year-round learning?

What if the school calendar was year-round? How might it affect pacing, expansion of academic and extra-curricular content, regression from months off, and socioeconomic inequity?

Christian TalbotOctober 5, 2017Chris La Tempa, Malvern Prep