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Expo Night: Ready for Yes

Last night we hosted our first Expo Night. Our students did a great job of self-selecting quality work to share with their parents. We’ve been open for a year and a half. I think it’s taken that long to re-engage students with the kind of pride and effort they put into sharing their [...]

Posted 02 April 2010 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

We Are All Charters

Virginia Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson visited my school today to see it in operation and speak with division personnel, school leaders, and teachers about how we can work together to met students’ needs. I appreciated the visit, the attention to our school, and the time we spent talking as a group about how [...]

Posted 25 February 2010 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Student-sourced Curriculum & All But Graduated

What’s the goal of differentiation? Mastery of a curriculum? Inquiry-based life-long learning? Relationship building?
Can we ask the question another way: what is school?
Is it 1:1 learning? Is it 1:1 curriculum? Is it 1:1 access to “the best of what’s been thought and said?” Is it the 1:1:1:1:1… replication of workers or citizens?
We have the tools [...]

Posted 31 January 2010 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The New Curriculum Map

I found Gary Hayes and Laurel Papworth’s  Social Media Campaign image a few days ago via Steven Anderson’s (@web20classroom) Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom.  It broadened my thinking about the curriculum map due to my head of school in September.  I work at a middle school that strives to differentiate instruction by content, process, [...]

Posted 22 August 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,