by lindanathan | Mar 31, 2023 | Books, Equity, Family/School Involvement, International, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
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 3, 2023 | Equity, Family/School Involvement, International, Leadership Development, Literacy, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
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 7, 2023 | Books, International, Leadership Development, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
In the mid-1980s, before Pilot schools and Charter schools were mainstream, I opened a middle school for the arts that had more autonomy than traditional district schools. Although we had no special governance status, the fact that we were a bilingual school for the...
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 | Aug 6, 2019 | International, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
In a world that seems to grow meaner by the minute, I was delighted to find a bright spot last week in the mountains of Tepotzlan, Mexico. There, for two weeks, the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) held their global convening. Teachers, principals, and...
by lindanathan | Jan 23, 2018 | Arts Education, Center for Artistry and Scholarship, International, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
In the south of Chile, there’s a small town, Frutillar, named for the abundance of wild strawberries that grew there years ago. The town was originally settled in the 1900s by German cattle and sheep farmers (the Chilean government wanted to increase the population in...
