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Whatever Our Passions, There Is a Time to Be Still and Listen

On March 12, 2014   /   Advanced Placement, blogosphere, Deborah Meier, dyslexia, independent schools, NotYourFathersSchool, PLNs, school change, school missions, technology  

Every now and then I am overcome by guilt over my own role in this echo chamber of the blogosphere. I’m as guilty as the next guy of (un?-)helpfully providing lists of “11 Things Your School Has to Be Thinking About”; it’s a bit about arrogance (I’ll […]

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When “Ship, Then Test” Fails

On October 23, 2013   /   Affordable Healthcare Act, coding, college admission, Common Application, NotYourFathersSchool, Rob Killion, Ship then test, technology  

“It isn’t rocket science” seems to be a timeless trope, suitable for every occasion and at certain moments hilariously funny when the task actually IS rocket science. So far I haven’t heard it rolled out for the Healthcare.gov fiasco* or for the rolling catastrophe nearest and dearest […]

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CHOPPING WOOD AND INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER

On January 11, 2013   /   21st=century learning, educational technology, NotYourFathersSchool, students, technology  

Lucky me! In a week I start a half-year sabbatical, my first since 1996 and a real privilege for which I will be eternally grateful to my school. On the other side, I’ll be coming back to a new position—as yet to be fully defined—that will allow […]

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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.