Next week I facilitate a discussion of arts-infused curriculum at my school. In November I join my coworkers in presenting our school’s work to an audience of colleagues from within our division. To prepare for both conversations, I’m asking myself, “What is arts-infusion?” and “What is not arts-infusion?”
In planning for next week, I’ve been a [...]
My brain itches.
I’m hitting the wall separating what I saw and what I see. I need to pull an Inception and start dreaming the wall and walking on it instead of familiar ground.
I’m looping with our school’s inaugural class for the third straight year. I feel a desperate need to get it right. I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.
