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Ambassadors All: A Proposal

On January 9, 2014   /   EdCamp, independent schools, National Association of Independent Schools, NotYourFathersSchool, public schools, unconference  

I posted this message yesterday (January 8) in several of the National Association of Independent Schools online communities. Since these are for members only, I was encouraged to find a more public forum. So here is the message, as posted: Over the past year or so I […]

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EdCamps and the Dialogue We Need

On January 4, 2014   /   EdCamp Cape Cod, EdCamp Home, independent schools, NAISAC13, NotYourFathersSchool, public schools, TABS 2013, Twitter, unconference  

This afternoon I spent several very happy hours exploring yet another confluence of really interesting and powerful notions, the UnConference and the Google Hangout. The place: EdCamp HOME 2.0.  I just want to put it out there that one of the more educational aspects of EdCamp Home […]

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A New Conference Experience: The Association of Boarding Schools

On December 8, 2013   /   Bill Ivey, boarding schools, EdCamp, independent schools, Kim Sivick, NotYourFathersSchool, Pete Upham, The Association of Boarding Schools, the Bridge Year, The Hill School, Thomas Steele-Maley, unconference, Zack Lehman  

I wasn’t sure quite what to expect from my first experience at The Association of Boarding Schools annual conference, but, as good events do, #TABS13 (as the hashtag goes) left me with plenty to think about and a sense that some of the things I’ve been yammering […]

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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.