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BEYOND PROJECTS ALONE: THREE Ps FOR THE LIBERATION OF LEARNING

On March 21, 2021   /   NotYourFathersSchool, professional learning, Uncategorized  

Much of the optimistic messaging I have seen since the pandemic began has been about the promise of project-based learning, which has kind of laid exclusive claim to the moniker “PBL”. But some of us have been talking for a while about two other kinds of PBL, […]

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A Letter to New Teachers

On July 21, 2014   /   disruptive change, new teachers, NotYourFathersSchool, professional culture, professional learning, professionalism, school culture, school missions, students, teacher orientation, teachers, teaching  

Note: This post originally appeared here in July of 2011. It has proved to be both popular and durable, and as the 2014-15 2015-16 school year approaches, it seems appropriate to re-post it—PG If it hasn’t already, within a very few weeks school will be starting, and […]

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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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373 CRITICAL INNOVATIONS THAT NO COMPETENT TEACHER CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE—INNOVATION AND ITS AUDIENCES (Part 2 of 3)

On October 1, 2012   /   best practice, NotYourFathersSchool, PLNs, professional learning, school change, schools, teachers, Twitter  

Does the first part of this headline sound familiar? How many similar headlines have you read, or had tweeted to you? I see about a dozen a day, sometimes bouncing around my PLNosphere like an asteroid field. I admit that sometimes I bite—usually when the number is […]

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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.