Lessons Learned from Progressive Education
The progressive-traditional education debate makes for provocative discussion, but in reality effective educators blend different educational theories to reach their students. Actual students in actual...
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Resident Teaching Program Director
Our friends at Hillbrook School (Los Gatos, CA) are launching a Center for Teaching Excellence. Check out this position announcement for one aspect of the program. If you are interested in internship...
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Innovative Leadership Seminar July 15-19
I am on the planning team for this seminar and will be leading one of the sessions. I hope you will join us! Announcing A New Leadership Seminar: Innovative Leadership July 15-19, Hillbrook School, Los...
View ArticleAre Independent Schools Innovating?
The theme of innovation pervaded this year’s NAIS annual conference. Keynote speeches looked toward a different future, some schools shared innovative projects, and more responded enthusiastically and...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Revolution?
originally published in the Santa Fe Leadership Center Monthly Newsletter You Say You Want A Revolution? by Richard Kassissieh Richard Kassissieh is the Director of Technology and Education Innovation...
View ArticleQualities of School Technology Leaders
To become technologically sophisticated, a school must have at least one person employed who possesses high competency in three areas: education, technology, and leadership. Mastery of education is...
View ArticleA Brief History of Design Thinking
Each of the past two summers, I have participated in workshops on a method for program development called design thinking. You may have heard of it, as it has been the subject of workshop presentations...
View ArticleDeterminism in Academic Technology
Week 1 of E-learning and Digital Cultures has focused on technological determinism and its corollaries, social determinism and uses determinism. Technological determinism is the idea that technology...
View ArticleThe Future of Digital Cultures
It’s week 3 of E-Learning and Digital Cultures, which of course means that I am ready to write about week 2! Thankfully, this MOOC is designed to allow for some time flexibility. Here are a few ideas...
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iPad and Laptop Program Guide
Herewith, please find a guide to the new U Prep iPad and laptop program, written for families. It describes the program in detail, including device guidelines. I am really excited about the quality of...
View ArticleAttention and Mindfulness in Technology Use: Five Perspectives
U Prep facilitates professional development opportunities for the individual teacher, group of teachers, and whole faculty. This year, at least three of these sessions consider our new iPad and laptop...
View ArticleLibrary Commons In Higher Ed
I recently had the pleasure of attending a talk by Jim Mullins, Dean of Libraries at Purdue University. Jim described the process by which Purdue Libraries developed their new Active Learning Center, a...
View ArticleQuantitative study of school programs
On reviewing last winter’s issue of Independent School Magazine, I was struck by stories of schools conducting rigorous studies of their own practice, particularly quantitative studies. Granted, the...
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Mindfulness Defined Broadly
The mindfulness movement is growing in schools. A number of articles in the popular press have described meditation activities that happen in classes or co-curricular programs. Mindfulness has been...
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Beyond Good vs. Bad
Most education debates reduce the question of teaching methods to a good/bad argument. Are lectures good or bad? Technology? Homework? While a common rhetorical tool when attempting to win an...
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Senior Spring and Student Time
As the pressure of college admissions disappears, those senior who were primarily externally motivated may suddenly find themselves without purpose. It’s understandable! Students who have pursued a...
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Say “Yes” As Often As Possible
Some years ago, I discovered that it’s my job to say “yes” as often as possible. A school administrator is a gatekeeper whose support teachers seek for permission to try a new idea or change a policy....
View ArticleBeyond Measure Film Explores Next Generation Learning
Originally published on University Prep On February 18, University Prep hosted a public screening of the film “Beyond Measure,” which was attended by about 80 U Prep families and members of the public....
View ArticlePuma Talks On “What’s Next” March 5
Our student-organized speaker series has held past events on school day evenings. Next Saturday, they make the leap to a big stage, the school’s 40th anniversary community celebration! I am honored to...
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The Metreon’s Lessons for Innovators
Originally published on the NAIS Annual Conference Online Community. I experienced an inspirational story of innovation at the NAIS Annual Conference last week that filled me with optimism about the...
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