In public education, we face self-imposed obstacles to change. We also face a fiscal apocalypse – one time moneys are disappearing just as local revenue has. We’re not electing politicians likely to raise taxes. We’re electing politicians likely to cut muscle and bone.
Moreover, we’re going to experience confusion as a country about what it means [...]
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 [...]
To help formalize a process for negotiating curriculum I am going to pitch project-based units to students.
Each pitch will have four pieces.
The Vision: The first part of the pitch will be a presentation of my vision for a unit, including its goals and an overview of the steps or activities involved in the unit. Each [...]
Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.
