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Learning by Heart: 4/5/09 - 4/12/09
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This Open Source Learning Community is created by educators for educators. Open Source Learning is the new name for Progressive Education. Saturday, April 11, 2009. The Threshold: College Admissions. So, the most competitive college admissions season is nearly behind us. What have we learned? The brutal fact is that the more elite schools are only admitting about 5% of those that apply. In his book Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell posits that the so-called elite schools like Harvard, Stanford, Brown, etc. ...
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November | 2014 | rethinking diversity
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Archive November, 2014. On “African-American” and “people of color”. On November 2nd’s. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Hence, notions that words like “people of color” and “African-American” are safe, universally approved and even complimentary. But the truth is:. There is no list of pre-approved words that you can slap on to other people with impunity. The problem lies in labeling someone rather than asking how they identify. To simplify (or complicate) the issue of “right” language, no...Labeling ...
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Learning by Heart: 9/18/11 - 9/25/11
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This Open Source Learning Community is created by educators for educators. Open Source Learning is the new name for Progressive Education. Monday, September 19, 2011. The Pacific garbage patch comes home Marketplace From American Public Media. I'm not sure if you heard this story the other week on American Public Media's show called "Marketplace." I'm a pretty devoted listener to "Marketplace" and haven't missed an episode (they come daily) in over a year. This one got me thinking, so what are.
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Learning by Heart: 4/11/10 - 4/18/10
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This Open Source Learning Community is created by educators for educators. Open Source Learning is the new name for Progressive Education. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Strivers, All- Teaching School from K-12. What I’d like to see? So, what does all of this memoir stuff have to do with reforming the educational system of this country? Perhaps not. Yet, I loved those men and women who tried to do their best at Carl Sandburg Elementary and Junior High School. I wish them eternal peace and give them my p...Addth...
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Learning by Heart: 12/21/08 - 12/28/08
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This Open Source Learning Community is created by educators for educators. Open Source Learning is the new name for Progressive Education. Wednesday, December 24, 2008. INTO THE WILD: AT THE EDGE OF THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS. What's the most revealing movie of the past two years? Along with his role in the movie "Milk," Sean Penn creates two memorable characters on the edge of society, much in the same way that Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese did in the '70s and '80s. Brian W. Thomas. WHITE PLAINS, N....
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Learning by Heart: 12/20/09 - 12/27/09
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This Open Source Learning Community is created by educators for educators. Open Source Learning is the new name for Progressive Education. Saturday, December 26, 2009. EDUCATION: FRONT AND CENTER FOR 2010. If you thought that LEARNING BY HEART took a holiday over the last 12 months, you would be correct. Future blog posts on this site will continue to cover news stories, events, and media analysis dealing with the world of K-16 education. Brian W. Thomas. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brian W. Thomas.
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Learning by Heart: DOCUMENTARIES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING: "AMERICAN TEACHER" AND "WAITING FOR SUPERMAN"
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This Open Source Learning Community is created by educators for educators. Open Source Learning is the new name for Progressive Education. Sunday, October 02, 2011. DOCUMENTARIES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING: "AMERICAN TEACHER" AND "WAITING FOR SUPERMAN". Education is about creating positive communities and having high standards. It's about saving as many students as you possibly can and giving a damn in the face of the brutal facts. Brian W. Thomas. Brian W. Thomas. San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States.
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March | 2014 | rethinking diversity
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Archive March, 2014. Have you played Spent? Key word: “played.” It’s in the URL ( http:/ playspent.org/. For this poverty simulator, which is another reminder that some folks–too many folks–don’t have to “play” at poverty to understand the experience. Now, if you’re thinking about using a poverty simulator with students or already do, I would add some recommendations:. And that our opinions are. As opposed to just our experience-informed opinions. Address the idea that money = happiness (in. Eric Weiner ...
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Partner Organizations | The SMART Program
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Academic Summer Enrichment Program. Middle School Achievement Program (MAP). College Access and Success Program (CASP). Short Term Volunteer Opportunities. Location, Hours and Parking. SMART Goes to College. Community Based Organization Partners. La Casa de las Madres. Magis at Saint Ignatius. Mission Economic Development Agency. Summerbridge University High School. Two Rivers Soccer Camp. Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach. California Association of Nonprofits. Children’s Council of San Francisco.