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As a former Upper School (grades 9 through 12) Division Director, I usually struggled with the way schools promoted students who were extroverts in exclusion of students who were introverts. I believed there were issues underlying my observations, but I really couldn’t put my thoughts into words. I just knew I was uncomfortable. I think…
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I watched this Edutopia video this morning about how Albano Berberi overcomes obstacles through the use of technology and his own ingenuity. Isn’t this a tribute to the human spirit and the capacity people have to reach their goals? Albano may seem like a special person, but I can imagine he is driven by his…
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If you watched 60 Minutes last night, then you saw the segment on the explosion of Khan Academy on the education scene. (See the story at Khan Academy: The Future of Education?) I have been following Khan Academy’s progress over the past 8-12 months. It is definitely a creative and interesting internet platform for helping…
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After nearly fifteen years of teaching science in a variety of independent schools, a division director, department head or principal never completed a formal evaluation of my teaching. What I mean by that is, I never had an administrator observe a sequence of classes knowing what my goals for the lessons were, give me targeted…
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Tan Le tells a beautiful and somewhat haunting story about her journey as an immigrant to the United States. Our lives are much more than memories. She talks about her life as a jigsaw puzzle. In her talk, she assembles all the pieces of the jigsaw into a memorable story of her life. It is…
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