Grit in Vermont - 4 views
It would be interesting if every Vermont High School took a Grit and Self-Control survey. Imagine then what we might glean from comparing those results with those from readily/easily ava...
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It would be interesting if every Vermont High School took a Grit and Self-Control survey. Imagine then what we might glean from comparing those results with those from readily/easily ava...
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'It is harder for us to be nice to kids' - departing veteran principal
I came across this website recently. It has many videos and articles that may interest Rowland Fellows. For example, Colin you may like this one about iphones making us less human: http://bigthink....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8 This is handy little video for a simple explanation of project based learning.
Colin and all, Foxfire looks so cool! I wasn't familiar with this place or project or the publications, but it seems really interesting. (Seems also similar to the Folk Live Center Community Proj...
Jason and Carrie, Excellent! Thanks for you comments and insights! See you soon-
Maybe we need a listserve. It would be more convenient to reply. With a Listserv, you can create a topic and distribute information or start a discussion with a list of subscribers.
Our 2012 keynote speaker, Tony Wagner, quoted frequently in recent column by Thomas Friedman http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html?_r=0
Great article. I'm wondering how often teacher-coaches are used in schools. This seems like such an effective professional development tool (if done well). Anyone know of coaches working in scho...
Short (less than 4 min) talk by actor Henry Rollins about the importance of education to maintain and reinvigorate American democracy. http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/henry_rollins_pitches_educa...
For me, I believe that transformation needs to be much Less focused on programs and More focused on processes. What are the Processes that are in place to ensure student voice, rigor, relevance, ot...
VTGIN planning for the 2013 conference is in the works. They are sending out letters in August to principals about identifying teachers and students who would be good presenters at the 2013 confer...
Underscores the inverse relationship between a country's natural resources and its human ones. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html
I don't know of any; I would also like to see it in action.
"SOLITUDE is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious...
http://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/ Interesting speech on the developmental importance of solitude.
Hey Karen! Along these same lines I often think that schools should take advantage of the Vermont Senior Survey Part I: Planned Activities After High School that VSAC puts out.To me I wish that w...
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