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Restitutional Teaching: Another Thought On Why We (or at least some of us may) Teach

On July 16, 2014   /   arts education, Beaver Country Day School, Dolores Umbridge, NotYourFathersSchool, restitutional teaching, Severus Snape, student engagement, student-centered teaching, students, teaching, The Intentional Teacher  

I have had some wonderful teachers in my life—a solid bunch in my public elementary school and another group in my independent junior high–high school. They shaped and influenced my life in ways I wish I could still tell them about; I’ve managed to get to the […]

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The Narrative We Need for Strategic Change

On April 8, 2014   /   Beaver Country Day School, coding, design thinking, NotYourFathersSchool, project-based learning, school change, strategic change, strategic directions, teacher autonomy  

Yesterday I found myself in a discussion with a head of school who was decrying the ways in which—in his opinion—the tradition of teacher autonomy has limited the development of new and improved practice in independent schools. Taking the long view, I have to say that I […]

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRADITIONAL LANDS

I here affirm that the offices from which I work are situated on lands that have a very long and continuing history as a locus of residence, livelihood, traditional expression, and exchange by the Massachusett, Wampanoag, Abenaki, Mohawk, Wabanaki, Hohokam, O’odam, Salt River Pima, and Maricopa people. The servers for this website are situated on Ute and Goshute land. We make this acknowledgment to remind ourselves, our educational partners, and our friends of our shared obligation to acknowledge and work toward righting the inequities and injustices that have alienated indigenous peoples from the full occupation and utilization of these spaces.