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Nobody throws a rally quite like @SusanSpicka and friends
Had a blast photographing yesterday's #FundOurSchoolsPA rally. Schools throughout Pennsylvania are severely underfunded and that's being challenged at the #SchoolFundingTrial.
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Think of the opportunity cost of grading:
Millions upon millions of teacher hours spent on formulating, calculating, explaining, arguing, discussing, justifying numbers and letters.
For what? Learning? Yeah, right.
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“He managed, by the random force of his curiosity, to learn a good deal, and most of the time there was enough coincidence between what he learned and what he was expected to learn to allow him to make passing grades.” ~ Wendell Berry, A Place on Earth
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“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting.” ~ Ivan Illich
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“Character and intelligence emerge from kids’ passionate pursuit of their self-determined adventures.”
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Once again Barbados PM Mia Mottley has been the one who has delivered the speech the world needed. May she be heard, may we rise. Take 8 minutes to listen to the whole thing. Share the lines that grabbed you most. #COP26
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“It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means.” ~ Alice Duer Miller
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Becoming a grown-up, fully developed, wise, and kind human being is a long, slow process...And the very act of measurement or evaluation is a misunderstanding of the nature of the process.” ~ Norman Fischer
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Factory Farming, Factory Schools: a post inspired by Wendell Berry. writelearning.wordpress.com/…
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Creating a more peaceful world requires a peaceful mind and a peaceful heart. As human brothers and sisters we must live together with affection and respect. The only way to solve human problems and preserve the peace is to meet, talk and engage in dialogue. #PeaceDayChallenge
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4 Shifts To Move From Teacher-Centered To Learner-Centered katielmartin.com/2019/01/13/…
#EvolvingEducation
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“If you design a system to do something specific, don't be surprised if it does it. If you run education based on standardization and conformity that suppresses individuality, imagination, and creativity, don't be surprised if that's what it does.” ~ Ken Robinson
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“Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world. They are changing it already.” ~ Jane Goodall




















