by lindanathan | Mar 20, 2023 | Arts Education, Creativity, Interdisciplinary Learning, Praise, Teaching and Learning
I recently caught up with Kaitlin Pomerantz, an artist and adjunct lecturer in Philadelphia, and my former student at #HGSE. After developing her ideas and initiative in my class, Building Democratic Schools, she received a grant for curricular development from...
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 | 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...
