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This article just appeared in the Guardian, Facing Poverty, Academics Turn to Sex Work and Sleeping in Cars. Quite disturbing to think that some schools of higher education are not looking after valuable members of their teaching community. Adjunct professors contribute in significant ways to the teaching and learning community of our community colleges, small…
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What makes a school a high-quality experience for students? (see CFT blog post entitled, What Qualities Make for an Ideal School?) Educators and policymakers have been wrestling with this question for decades. In fact, when we go back into the archives of school reform, we find studies, conversations and debates about what makes for a high-quality…
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Westminster School kicked off its JanTerm 2017-2018 experience with a fair showcasing the 40+ courses that will be offered in January 2018 for our three-week alternative learning experience. Here is the JanTerm description that illustrates the programs goals. JanTerm is an intensive, three-week course of study allowing Upper School students to focus on a single…
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Lauri Jones and Julia Myrick, Westminster Lower School art and design thinking teachers, are presenting at the Innovative Learning Conference at Nueva School in California. Julia and Lauri are members of a team of teachers that built a robust and innovative design thinking program in our Lower School. We introduced our program about 5-6 years…
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If we are serious about meeting the learning needs of all students, then don’t we have to know how our students learn best? This question is batted around in educational circles all the time. We discuss the need to know students’ learning styles, but how much effort and resources does a school or teacher put…
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