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 | Oct 29, 2010 | Books, Professional Development, School Visits
What a whirlwind two-day trip to Milwaukee! I hadn’t been there since 1977, when I studied at UW Madison and forgot how friendly people are in the Midwest. I visited Milwaukee at the invitation of Christina Ratatori, who is a dance teacher in the public schools...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Creativity, Professional Development
This afternoon I am off to visit Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sung-Joon Pai (founding BAA faculty member, friend, and school leader) recently introduced me to a lovely person named Christina Ratatori. Christina leads an organization called Artists Rallying Together (a.r.t.) ...
by admin | Oct 21, 2010 | Professional Development
Last week I did a book talk at Brandeis University’s beautiful Rose Art Museum. The faculty from the education department invited me to speak with both their graduate (MAT) students and education undergraduates. Brandeis included the book talk on their list of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Professional Development
I recently had the privilege of being a featured author and key note presenter at a conference for the Massachusetts School Librarians Association (MSLA). I happen to admire librarians as much as I admire teachers. We are VERY fortunate at BAA to have a world-class,...
by admin | Oct 4, 2010 | Equity, Leadership Development, Professional Development
Last week I had the chance to participate on a panel discussion at the Center for Public Leadership (Harvard Kennedy School) following a screening of the newly-released documentary Waiting for Superman. I was joined on the panel by Jim Berk (CEO of Participant Media,...
