After the previous post on how failure can lead to success, a few people asked something to the effect of, “That sounds great, but how does that work in practice?” …
Read MoreWhen we run Expeditions, I like to ask students this question:
Read MoreWith reads from Sam Chaltain, Zat Rana, and Barry Fishman …
Read MoreWhat if school were about cultivating diverse crops of learners rather than a single breed of learner? …
Read MoreIn a previous post, we wondered what school would look and feel like if we encouraged students to see themselves as “scouts”—intellectual explorers—rather than “soldiers”—defenders of points of view …
Read MoreCelebrating Black History month with a profile of Chris Emdin, and including reads from …
Read MoreWhat if we designed school to form X-shaped individuals rather than T-shaped individuals? …
Read MoreImagine Basketball League A in which teams spend the first 99% of the season practicing discrete skills: ball handling, free throw shooting, rebounding, etc …
Read MoreCelebrating Black History month with a profile of Clyde Cole, and including reads from Citizen Stewart, Zat Rana, and The Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation …
Read MoreWhat if we invited learners to explore different narratives about themselves? What if instead of telling a 2D story of grades and behavior we created the conditions for students to create a 4D narrative organized around …
Read MoreWhat stories do teachers most commonly tell about students? "She is an A student” …
Read MoreCelebrating Black History month with a profile of Julia Torres, and including reads from Education Week and the Hechinger Report …
Read MoreWhat if we designed learning to prepare students not to keep jobs, but rather to be ready when they lose them? …
Read MoreHow do you solve a problem you’ve never seen before?
This was the dilemma facing the team from KIPP College Prep at the MLK Jr Day Weekend Expedition focused on “civil rights social entrepreneurship” …
Read MoreCelebrating Black History month with a profile of Kaleb Rashad, and including reads from KQED and John Hagel …
Read MoreWhat if learning were designed to form scouts—”intellectual exporers”—rather than soldiers—people who can win arguments without touching deep truths? …
Read MoreImagine that once or twice a month your work consists of receiving an RFP—request from proposal—from clients whose business you would love to acquire …
Read MoreWith reads from Forbes, Harvard Business School, and Harold Jarche …
Read MoreFor the last four days, students from KIPP College Prep, Sacred Heart, Bishop Kearney, Xavier High School, Port Chester High School, and Holy Child Rye have been on an Expedition to prototype solutions to civil rights …
Read MoreWith reads from CNBC, Inside Higher Ed, and EdSurge …
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