Author’s note – much of what you’re about to read is inspired by the juxtaposition of articles featured on BoingBoing.
I spent this morning sharing iCivics and its marquee title, “Do I Have a Right?”, with local colleagues. “Do I Have a Right?” is an resource management game in which the player assumes control of a [...]
Scary Thoughts
Schools wound kids and adults. Our answer: more of the same.
Executive power over schools is expanding without checks and balances from teachers, parents, or students. Democracy is virtually extinct within schools outside of civics and government standards. It’s not impossible that scripted instruction and instructional designs from virtual and F2F content providers will [...]
Here is the text from which I spoke to the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors last night regarding the FY 10/11 budget and its impact on schools. This text comes from my notes. This is not a transcript, so I apologize for any incongruities with what I said out loud.
Thank you for this opportunity [...]
Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.
