OK, truth, I’m fascinated by history. But who’s version of history have I actually learned? The victors? They tell us “We must learn from history or we are doomed to repeat it.” But clearly learning it has done little to keep us from repeating our cultural, environmental, and ethical missteps. Sure, maybe you can rattleContinue reading “Why Teaching History Doesn’t Work: The Case for Emotional Intelligence”
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It’s not our Schools, Teachers, or Administrators that are Failing Us.
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Buckminster Fuller The other night I had a nightmare in which I was literally screaming down a crowded corridor, “HEY! HEY! HELP! Please! Our kids are dying! Look at ’em! Wake ’em up!Continue reading “It’s not our Schools, Teachers, or Administrators that are Failing Us.”
What’s Next? Wanna Help?
As I start my 20th year in Education, it’s never been more evident that our kids and our families…we’re hurting. We’re growing to distrust our government, our churches, our medical systems, our corporate structures, our educational leaders, our food sources, etc. At the same time, and I believe as a result of that trend, we’reContinue reading “What’s Next? Wanna Help?”
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