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This morning I was listening to City Cafe on WABE in Atlanta. WABE’s Lois Reitzes was interviewing Alvin Ailey’s Artistic Director Designate, Robert Battle, who is only the third person to be the postion. The other two were Alvin Ailey and Judith Jameson. She talks with him about how he feels being handed the leadership and…
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Dale Dougherty, co-founder of O’Reilly Media and the editor of MAKE, as well as the founder of MAKER FAIRE, gave a recent TEDMotorCity talk on, We are Makers. You can watch his 11 minutes TED talk below. Here are a few of my takeaways from his clever and engaging talk. Makers are enthusiasts. There were a few really interesting…
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At the Center for Teaching, we promote (design and implement) professional development programs for teachers at Drew Charter School and The Westminster Schools. We rely on the expertise of teachers in our school communities to offer their time, knowledge, and experience to teach colleagues. Our faculty cohort program, a group of five Drew Charter and…
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If you have 19 minutes of time, please watch this fabulous TED talk by Naomi Klein that she gave at the TEDWomen in December 2010. Once you are finished, come back to my post for some reflections on how her ideas pertain to education. Here are some questions that came to my mind after I…
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There is a very good series of articles in Education Week on rethinking evaluation and the future of teaching. I highly recommend reading these series for public and independent school teachers and administrators. Many interesting ideas and provocative questions come out of this series that hopefully inform the dialogue that leads towards excellent schooling…
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