by lindanathan | May 2, 2023 | Books, Boston Arts Academy, Equity, Family/School Involvement, Leadership Development, Literacy, Praise, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
Adam Aronson Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) sits in a far wing of Chelsea High School in Chelsea MA. I have been visiting this high school since the mid-80s in its various iterations and changes. I always leave energized by the students and faculty I meet. Adam, a...
by lindanathan | Mar 16, 2023 | Arts Education, Creativity, Equity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Literacy, Praise, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
Demetrius in front of the “HOMies” If energy can be electric and calming at the same time, that’s the feeling in Mr. Demetrius Fuller’s art classroom at the Sokolowski School in Chelsea MA. Student letter plates I walk in and observe twenty-two...
by lindanathan | Mar 6, 2023 | Books, Leadership Development, Literacy, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
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...
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 22, 2023 | Equity, Family/School Involvement, Interdisciplinary Learning, Leadership Development, Literacy, School Visits, Teaching and Learning
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 | 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...
