by admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
At the end of March, I will travel to San Francisco California to participate in the annual conference of ASCD, an educational leadership organization. This year’s theme is Bold Actions for Complex Challenges. While there I will join two other principals, Baruti...
by admin | Feb 4, 2011 | Arts Education, Boston Arts Academy, Teaching and Learning
An important milestone in the life of a Boston Arts Academy dancer unfolded last week as 17 seniors presented their 2011 Senior Dance Concert (SDC). How significantly this embodies RICO, our habits of the graduate. Students work for months on invention and revision....
by admin | Jan 20, 2011 | Boston Arts Academy, Creativity
Some of you may know that the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Education Resource Center (BSOERC) is housed in the BAA/Fenway High School Library. The BAA/Fenway Library and BSOERC won the 2004 American Association of School Librarians National School Library Media...
by admin | Jan 4, 2011 | Boston Arts Academy, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
In a departure from blogging about the world outside of Boston Arts Academy, I am going to switch things up for the new year and return to life inside the school. While my travels over the past year and a half have taken me to many amazing schools and introduced me to...
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | School Visits, Teaching and Learning
I was so glad to finally visit the BTU Pilot School where my friends Betsy Drinan and Berta Berriz work. My first thought was that this school needs to give itself a “real” name; one that sings with the energy of the hallways! I kept thinking how much the...
