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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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In Memoriam–David W. Gow

On December 19, 2011   /   David Gow, Not Your Father's School, NotYourFathersSchool, students, teachers, The Gow School  

My father’s school is a bit subdued today, as the former head, my father, died this morning. It’s a lovely, green campus, with some imposing brick edifices and a couple of the original converted farm buildings that still do good service. Despite its location in prime Snow […]

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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.