A Whirlwind Trip to Doha, Qatar
After traveling my own country for months, part of me thought I was done traveling with adolescents in large numbers. Yet the experience wouldn’t have been the same without all 20 of my amazing Boston Arts Academy students who recently joined me on a...
Visiting the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
At the invitation of Professor John Vogel, I recently traveled to Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. I was joined by Corey Evans, Director of the Center for Arts in Education (CAE), and two visual arts juniors, Josh Pimental and Vasili Luzanau. Professor Vogel had...
Reflections on a visit to South Hadley, MA
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School I did a reading at Odyssey Book Store in South Hadley (across the street from Mt. Holyoke) last week, and so finally had the chance to visit Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School (PVPA) in South Hadley MA. Chris...
A trip of a lifetime!
On Saturday, I will embark on a very special trip to Qatar. I’ll be joined by five faculty members and 21 Boston Arts Academy students, who have all taken part in an exciting new Arabic class offered at BAA this year. The Washington Latin Charter School in Washington,...
A Visit to HGSE
I was recently invited to give a talk at The Harvard Graduate School of Education by Deirdre Duckett, administrator for Educational Policy and Management. William McLaughlin, from BAA’s Dance Faculty, brought eight wonderful students who performed his magnificent...
Headed to Western Mass!
I'm on my way to Western Mass today to speak at the wonderful Odyssey Bookstore in South Hadley. On route, I will make a stop at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School for a visit. Chris Fournier, who is currently Administrative Director there, was an...
Pioneer Institute Recap
Alright, I’ll admit it. Participating in this event at the Pioneer Institute on this panel was really hard. It was essentially a room filled with people (mostly older white men) who do not trust teachers and think a common core curriculum and high-stakes tests are...
Raleigh and Durham, NC (a slightly delayed post)
In February I visited the Raleigh/Durham areas of North Carolina all by myself-not nearly as exciting as traveling with kids and teachers! I was hosted at two bookstores—Quail Ridge in Raleigh and The Regulator in Durham. Lots of books were sold in Raleigh! And, my...
Winding up for a talk at the Pioneer Institute
I may be nuts to have agreed to be on a panel that the Pioneer Institute is hosting, which Ed Hirsch is headlining (author of many books about core curriculum), but I'm not sure it does much good to just ignore the rhetoric of the conservatives. That is, after all,...
Lovely Lesley University
On March 1st I was invited to give a talk at Lesley University as part of their Centennial Year Celebration. I arrived on campus and immediately saw alum Rene Marrone (Theatre, 2009)...She was on her way to class and then off to tech for the play Taming of the Shrew,...