In learning about schools like the Phoenix Charter Academy and Northwest Passage High School, it occurs to me that the burden for dropout prevention and recovery really shouldn’t rest solely on American high schools. If 9th grade is a pivotal year, then surely middle school is a pivotal time.
However, middle school serves high school more [...]
Gowalla is a augmented reality (AR) social exploration app that lets you pick up, drop, and trade virtual items as you check-in or become the founder of various locations. I used it at #ncte10 last week so my wife and kids could make sure I was in sessions and not at Disney World, where I [...]
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 [...]
Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.
