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My Father’s School—for Me

On June 15, 2014   /   Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Chapman's Homer, David Gow, Father's Day, fathers, NotYourFathersSchool, teaching, The Gow School  

For a long time after my father died two and a half years ago, I would occasionally have dreams in which he was present in the world of the dream but not present in my direct experience in the dream. He was there, but not right there. […]

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Being Who You Are

On June 11, 2014   /   dyslexia, Mindstorms, NotYourFathersSchool, samba schools, Seymour Papert, summer camp, summer learning loss, summer reading, The Gow School, whole-child education  

A recurring moment in my life as an overnight camp administrator for many summers was when older campers and staff—many time “lifers” who had been campers and moved on—declared in some comfortable setting that “camp is the only place I can really be myself.” I never actually […]

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Celebrating Transitions and Interested Children

On June 6, 2014   /   celebrations, intellectual curiosity, Interested Child, NotYourFathersSchool, student engagement, transitions  

Year’s-end is upon us, and there are so many things to think about. I’m reblogging this from The Interested Child, which I write mainly for parents but whose content generally falls within the realm of education. (You might also check out this Interested Child post on “summer […]

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It’s Been a Week for Questions

On June 1, 2014   /   AISAP, charter schools, Facebook, Independent Curriculum Group, Josie Holford, misogyny, NAISAC15, New Orleans, NotYourFathersSchool, Sandy Hook, Santa Barbara massacre, school segregation  

As I try to sift out the experience of a week, sometimes I reach a point of desperation that comes out in the form of questions. Some recent ones: The post-Santa Barbara conversation over misogyny in the “nerd” community has gone in some interesting directions. But I […]

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Retreat for Academic Leaders, October 2014

On May 21, 2014   /   academic leadership, assessment, curriculum, Independent Curriculum Group, Jonathan Martin, NotYourFathersSchool, PLNs, professional development, professional learning  

Readers may be interested in this upcoming event; I hope to meet some of you there: The Independent Curriculum Group, a consortium of schools sharing a commitment to school-based, mission-driven, teacher-created curriculum and assessment, is excited to invite members of your school community to our inaugural INTERNATIONAL […]

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Thoughts on Independent Schools’ Responsibilities

On May 13, 2014   /   NotYourFathersSchool, Uncategorized  

From time to time I post thoughts on issues of national policy to my blog at Education Week, which is called Independent Schools, Common Perspectives. In the interest of bringing this content to the attention of Not Your Father’s School readers, I just wanted to let you […]

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Data Are People, Too

On May 8, 2014   /   ACT, CWRA, data, data-informed decision-making, ERB, EXPLORE, HSSSE, ISEE, National Association of Independent Schools, NotYourFathersSchool, PLAN, PSAT, SSAT  

We keep hearing about data, and how data analysis is going to help education chart its own course toward salvation. I’ve been swimming in a sea of data lately, trying to make out some landmarks. When the accrediting process for independent schools added a kind of data […]

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Girls and Maker Culture: Nothing New

On April 24, 2014   /   Erector Sets, girls in STEM, girls' education, Josie Holford, Maker Culture, NotYourFathersSchool, Pam Moran, Poughkeepsie Day School, STEM  

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of experiencing Poughkeepsie Day School’s admirable “From STEM to STEAM and Beyond” conference, including an outstanding “un”-keynote by Pam Moran and Alison Dwier-Selden and some terrific sessions on STEAM education and “Maker” culture in schools. As I bade farewell to […]

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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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“Grand Unifying Theory” reblogged at ASCD Whole Child Blog

On March 27, 2014   /   ASCD, NotYourFathersSchool, whole-child education, whole-child learning  

I am delighted to let readers know that the previous post here, “A Whole-Child Education for Every Child: The Grand Unifying Theory of Education,” has been reblogged by ASCD at its Whole Child Blog. For those who support the idea of whole-child education and who believe that […]

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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.