Experiential Learning: Keeping it R.E.A.L.
Earlier this week, Ellen shared a framework for making the most of experiential learning. Our introduction to this approach came through...
Parents & Students as Authentic Learners & Teachers: Keeping it R.E.A.L.
Parents can offer authentic learning opportunities for their children and deepen their experiential learning through reflective questioning
Raising Happy Kids: More Lessons from the Lotus Flower
If you ask any parent what they want for their children they inevitably will tell you "I want them to be happy." But what do theyÂ
Designing Your Compassionate Classroom: Lessons from the Lotus Flower
Last week, I suggested that distinguishing responsibility from response ability enables teachers to attend to their students' diverse...
Improving School Culture by Distinguishing Responsibility from Response Ability
"I have a real concern about the way these kids treat each other," he said. We were gathered in the school library for another...
Listening to Parents: Outside the Box in a Cookie Cutter School
In the classroom, Angela has used Empathy Mapping to help students and teachers put themselves in each other’s shoes and to better understan
Listening to Teachers: Sorting vs. Seeing Our Students
Ellen and I spend a good amount of time discussing what it means to SEE rather than SORT people--particularly children, and particularly...
Listening to Parents: Speaking Up and Building Empathy
The Parkland kids are applying the skills and dispositions they have learned and practiced since they were young children to address the mos
