by lindanathan | Mar 3, 2023 | Equity, Family/School Involvement, International, Leadership Development, Literacy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
Kassie Infante and Marianela Rivera In this on-going series of short posts, I catch up with some of the authors in our upcoming book Building Democratic Learning Environments: A Global Perspective, to be published by Palgrave this fall. Kassie Infante and Marianela...
by lindanathan | Feb 22, 2023 | Equity, Family/School Involvement, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, School Visits, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
For decades, questions of assessment have polarized educators. Assessment comes from the root word assidere, or, to sit beside. Over the last forty years, assessment in schools has become synonymous with high stakes tests and the results often dictate whether a...
by lindanathan | Jan 23, 2023 | Arts Education, Books, Boston Arts Academy, Center for Artistry and Scholarship, Creativity, Equity, Family/School Involvement, Interdisciplinary Learning, International, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
I sit in my kitchen in the quiet of the morning and my amaryllis bulb catches my gaze. It is tilting to one side, unable to hold its beautiful blossoms erect. That bending towards the light captures my attention. I realize that I am ready for change. After ten...
by lindanathan | Jan 23, 2023 | Creativity, Equity, Family/School Involvement, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
In Gandhi’s Ashram I read somewhere that India is like marmite: you can’t be indifferent. There’s some truth to that statement. Colors, sights, smells, noise, people, experiences and the sheer vastness of the country all demand a reaction. I have been to...
by lindanathan | Dec 11, 2022 | Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
September, 2022 The inaugural Deeper Learning Boston is here: a unique collaboration between Hale Education and Deeper Learning Global, an offshoot of High Tech High Graduate School of Education. When we began planning this event, my long-time colleague and dear...
by lindanathan | Dec 11, 2022 | Arts Education, Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Praise, Teaching and Learning
We gathered the other night to learn about “We Move in Color,” the extraordinary musical review that Wyatt Jackson (PSi-3 ) is part of. Invoking Carmen’s memory, Wyatt began with Connections, a PSi tradition that Carmen often led. He asked us: “Where have...
