Feb 11, 20154 min readIf We Want to Change Education, We Need to Disrupt ItWhat do you think our greatest improvements have been in the educational sector in the past couple of years? Has it been the number of...
Feb 11, 20155 min readWho Is the Teacher of Tomorrow?In my last post, I asked people to “Imagine a School without Teachers” in order to examine some of the current challenges to the...
Jan 16, 20154 min readE-Learning Days Pave the Way to More Flexible Educational ModelsWith winter starting to dig in its heels, I’m thinking again of the concept of e-learning days, as many schools and school districts have...
Jan 13, 20153 min readReflections on Learning Part II: Back to the FutureAt the close of 2014, Designs2Learn shared memories of early learning: the rituals of school, learning journeys, learning how to fail,...
Jan 5, 20153 min readHow Tragedy Opened the Door to a Teachable MomentOberlin College President Marvin Krislov’s decision to reject a student petition to suspend failing grades this semester has sparked...
Nov 26, 20142 min readDesigning a Place for the PK-12 Student in Our Social NetworkA recent article in the Chronicle by Judith Shapiro, The Value of a Shared Education, laid out the principles of Gemeinschaft and Gesells...
Nov 26, 20143 min readMentoring for a Better Blend of 70:20:10 in EducationAdvisement has received increased attention these past few years in large part due to relationships between performance (meaning...