by lindanathan | Apr 26, 2023 | Equity, Family/School Involvement, Leadership Development, Outdoor Education, Praise, School Visits, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
It’s a straight shot from Boston to St. Johnsbury School, also known as home of the Catamounts, a large wild cat or panther. I have known Lydia Cochrane, co-principal here, for a decade. She was part of my inaugural cohort of Perrone Sizer Institute for...
by lindanathan | Apr 7, 2023 | Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Praise, School Visits, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
Our student guides, faculty dean and Juan Boat builders Surfers Engineers Shoe designers Scientists What is common amongst this group of adults? They all love teaching and learning at Baxter Academy in Portland, Maine. I just spent a day with my colleague...
by lindanathan | Apr 4, 2023 | Arts Education, Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
We gathered in the fall of 2022 to think about some of the ideas from a small but hopefully growing consortium called Deeper Learning. Perhaps, it’s a flawed name (deeper than what? shallow learning? who wants that!), but for the sake of movement building, we...
by lindanathan | Mar 31, 2023 | Books, Equity, Family/School Involvement, International, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
I had the chance to catch up with Franco over Zoom. Even through the two dimensional nature of the camera, his enthusiasm for his work is infectious. Still the realities of his country are difficult. He tells me that politically Peru has entered into a terrible...
by lindanathan | Mar 20, 2023 | Arts Education, Creativity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Praise, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
I recently caught up with Kaitlin Pomerantz, an artist and adjunct lecturer in Philadelphia, and my former student at #HGSE. After developing her ideas and initiative in my class, Building Democratic Schools, she received a grant for curricular development from...
by lindanathan | Mar 6, 2023 | Books, Leadership Development, Literacy, School Visits, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
Nora Hassan Haddadi is an alumna of Perrone-Sizer Institute for Creative Leadership (PSi-5). Her Capstone Project focused on the design and implementation of progressive reform of inequitable instructional practices and systems that have historically underserved...