What is "off the grid"? Time to relax? Reflect? Deflect? Unwind, evolve, devolve, assemble, dissemble? When I stop long enough to see the tide go out and come back in the same day, I am reminded that the same sea, albight in a different configuration of land masses and depths, has washed around the earth for [...]
The opening line of a short story I wrote many years ago: "It is not easy getting to Antulang. Thank God for that." In 1982 I spent most of Holy Week with friends camped on a lonely beach at the end of a horrible dirt road an hour south of Dumaguete, a spot ignored by [...]
How can we travel from one side of the Pacific to the other in just half a day? How can a small city in a developing country have evolved in just two decades to a place of smart phones, fast food, and internet cafes? How can those same artifacts of the flat, modern world exist [...]
I will be a bit off the grid for two weeks; heading to Dumaguete City on Negros Island in the Central Philippines. Many of you know that I have led student trips there for the past six years; no longer doing that with Francis Parker School, but still very much involved in their trip planning [...]
I arrived on the grounds of USMA West Point in the late afternoon and found my room in the Distinguished Visitor’s Quarters, a renovated three-story Victorian near the parade grounds and overlooking the mighty Hudson River. Cadets walked home in pairs, trios, and small groups, or jogged down the road in full gear or shorts [...]
School change is messy and often uncomfortable (those who have watched my TEDx talk or worked with me know that I resist over-using the term “hard” to describe school change). Each school is different, and the challenges and opportunities of innovative, value-driven change are greater for schools that are resource limited. At different schools the [...]
The great thing about traveling across time zones is that you lie awake at night and think about stuff. Last week Melinda Kolk of Tech4Learning interviewed me for an article she is going to write about my new book, #EdJourney. She told me about a teacher in a school she works with; I think it [...]
As I coordinate speaking events related to the release of my new book, #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education, with my work with schools and school associations around the country, I am trying to make my travel as efficient as possible. Am I coming near you? Right now my fall-spring calendar looks something [...]
Another set of truly generous endorsements from education thought leaders from K-12 and college, public and private, for #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education. Thanks to all! Link here to announcement flyer; please share! "… on par with Horace’s Compromise, Theodore Sizer’s seminal 1984 descriptor of the failures of America’s high schools. [...]
Some of our true thought leaders and teaching colleagues are coming to Memphis in June to facilitate workshops at the Martin Institute Summer Conference, June 10-11. Last year's conference had 800 attendees from 21 states. Join these Martin Institute Fellows for affordable, accessible practices that you can immediately use to help transform your students' learning experience: [...]