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Batkid Day
Seven years ago today, the Make-a-Wish Foundation ran what may have been its most involved project ever. Miles Scott, a boy who was fighting cancer, had a wish to be Batkid and help Batman save Read more…
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Generating Cool with Marbles
I co-teach a very small class (referring to number, not stature, of students) called Creative Solutions for the Global Good. This semester, I’ve taken a bit of a different approach to the early homework assignments. Read more…
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What Our Students Mean to Us
How might a student react if told that he or she is the reason a teacher comes to work? This school decided to have teachers choose a student to encourage with this message, and (with Read more…
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Inspiring Visits, Part 2 – The Hospital School
On the same day I visited the off-the-charts intriguing space of Playground Global (see this post), I also visited a school of a kind I didn’t know existed. Several months ago some friends from graduate Read more…
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Inspiring Visits, Part 1 – The Not-at-a-School Playground
Earlier this month, I spent a day in Palo Alto at two places, both of which have a heightened ability to provoke thoughts. I’ll save the second place for the next post. The first, Playground Read more…