16. What the school system needs to understand is that its
strength lies, not in the strength of the central organization,
but in the strength of the individual school, not in making one
school like another, but in making each school a distinct unit.
The need of the system is the preservation of its units, so that
each school can keep itself alive, wide awake, responsive to
its people, easily adaptable, the best of its kind.
Angelo Patri -- A Schoolmaster of the Great City
21. The illiterate of the 21st century will
not be those who cannot read and
write, but those who cannot learn,
unlearn and relearn.
-- Alvin Toffler
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24. If you want creative workers, give them
enough time to play.
- John Cleese
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25. Tell A Better Story:
We Must Have Vision
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55. Empower
the Kids
It is their education, and it will be their world
56. Conversations:
• Who are the stakeholders?
• How can they be brought into this
vision?
• What fears do you need to address?
• How will the student voice be part of
the discussion?
57. Keep Asking
Questions
And Don’t Settle For Easy Answers
58. Hard Questions:
• What is the worst consequence of your
best idea?
• How can you mitigate them?
• What are the obstacles to this change?
• How can you overcome them?
59. Don’t Forget to
Slow Down
Be intentional in the use of tools and time
60. Life Questions:
• How are the lives of teachers different
in this model?
• How are the students’ lives different?
• How will you deal with the change?
61. Organize
If not me, who? If not now, when?
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Students must be able to own their ideas and do powerful things with them. \nThey must see their voice live in the larger world.\n
Ask questions - ones we don’t know the answers to - seek out answers\n
See the problems that exist in the world. \nHave empathy. \n
Do... build... create... things that matter. \n(SLA Engineering / Building History / Rough Cut Productions / EPA)\n
Speak truth to power.\nVoice springs from Head - Heart - Hands\nIt’s not enough to give kids voice. We must help them be advocates and experts in the world.\n
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Subversive part - We won. No one is really against us anymore.\nWe hold the key.\n