Normally, good neighborhoods mean good public schools, and the opposite is also the norm, especially in a state like Missouri where public education is funded through local taxes, and not redistributed by the state. So it takes something heroic to run this process in reverse, for a school to help raise up a struggling community. [...]
(I have not overlooked the other great St. Louis schools in the blog line-up; just got this one ready to go; will work on MRHMS, Crossroads, and New City in the next day or so) Latin School of Chicago has been impressive for a long time, a fixture amongst great independent schools in the Midwest. But [...]
It has been an 18 hour day; three school visits since I posted about The College School, but I just can't catch up right now. Incredible learning with staff and students at MRHMS, Crossroads, and New City in the last day and a half, then I bolted for Chicago for meetings at Latin and Francis [...]
Any educator interested in truly experiential learning could easily spend a week with Sheila Gurley and her team at The College School, a 260-student preK-8 in St. Louis. I am only going to be able to hit the highlights, but if you want to know how and why schools of the future are alive and [...]
Warning: synthesis ahead. I am going to give the punch line both here at the beginning and then at the end: as we all try to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world, we must remember to give equal priority to that which does not change in our world. The garden at St. [...]
Week Two Look Ahead St Louis: The College School, Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School, Crossroads Prep, New City, and Elementary School Heads Association. Chicago: Francis W. Parker, Chicago Latin Culver: Culver Academy Indianapolis: Park Tudor How You Can Benefit: Share this blog site with your faculty and staff; join the conversation with your comments; link [...]
At the risk of being redundant for those who have read my blogs in the last week…wow. I visited the Barstow School in Kansas City for five hours yesterday, and I feel this is a school bent on regional, national, and even international leadership. If you have interest in global initiatives, technology, or hybrid/blended learning, [...]
Ever since I left college I have wanted to do four things: work with truly talented people; solve tough problems; create elegant solutions; and make a difference in a meaningful cause. I would have found all four at the Denver Green School. Denver Green School: sounds like a focus on environmental sustainability. Check. But there [...]
Great meeting with an incredible leadership team at Denver Green School. More on that tomorrow when my teeth unclench. Left Denver in heavy rain. I-70 east to just shy of the Kansas border. All at once every warning light comes on the dashboard. Slow down and hug the side of the highway. Next town, Goodland, [...]
I am going to write twice about St. Anne’s Episcopal in Denver, one today to review a truly fascinating class that I sat in on, and one later this week or this weekend. I need time to reflect on the very thoughtful discussions I had with Head of School Alan Smiley and others about how [...]