“Compass Point” Priorities To Guide Reflective Change at Sidwell Friends
October 19, 2012I had a pretty high opinion of Sidwell Friends School before I visited this week, and was not disappointed. Head Tom Farquhar freely admits they are not “the most progressive school”, but I brought away some important lessons regarding both process and product. I had put this school on my visit list not due to…
Link to Article on EdJourney in SAIS Newsletter
October 17, 2012Holly Chesser at SAIS in Atlanta was kind enough to include a piece on my work in the latest newsletter. Here is the opening part with link to the rest. Thanks, Holly, and look forward to presenting and discussing with SAIS on Nov. 6. Again, for any in the area, contact Holly to attend. As…
“We’re Driven” Attitude Builds Strong Faculty, Drives Innovation, at Flint Hill School
October 17, 2012I am pretty good at both thinking and seeing outside of boxes, but there was a time yesterday during my meeting at Flint Hill School outside of Washington, D.C. that I just wasn’t getting it. We are all burdened with perceptions based on experience, and I am not an exception. I got stuck on a…
Upcoming Events and Ways to Share
October 17, 2012If you are in range of Atlanta on Nov. 6, I am honored to be with SAIS for their monthly Lunch and Learn from 11:30-1:30. According to regional director Holly Chesser spaces are filling up quickly, so contact her to reserve a spot. I will give a summary of my journey to date and then…
Process, Information and Communication Literacy Leading Innovation at Alexandria Country Day School
October 17, 2012As we have seen before on this journey, schools are at different places on the path toward a new learning paradigm, and it is not so much where they are, but the fact that they are on the path that labels them as innovators. Alexandria Country Day School is in this category. They have a…
Believe in Dewey? School of the Future Today at Meridian Academy, Boston
October 14, 2012The school I visited on Friday in Boston is the smallest I will see on this trip, just 43 students in grades 6-12 on the third floor of a brick building on Beacon Street. Many will be tempted to dismiss the lessons from such a school as not applicable to their own issues and opportunities. …
Week 5 Video Wrap-Up; On to D.C.
October 13, 2012I am holed up in a small town in Connecticut for the weekend, getting caught on the blog, copying video files, making plane reservations for Thanksgiving week, confirming visits through early November, logging key take-aways, and creating a new and critical list of lessons: what obstacles to innovation have people cited in these visits. It…
Innovation Means “Doing What We Do Better” In the Important Mission of Hillside School
October 13, 2012Organizations innovate either because they want to, need to, or both. This is the story of a school that really needed to innovate, back to the wall and the wolf at the door. After getting past that, they have used those trials to create an organization that is flat, nimble, and open to trying new…
Stellar Results + $0 Tuition = Value at Innovation Academy Charter School
October 12, 2012If you work at an independent school and think that what your school does in preparing students for their future is worth $20,000-$50,000 a year, read on. If you work at a public school and think that the politics, demographics, and inertia of public education commit public education in America to either mediocrity or a…
Innovation Lab, Community Space Power Change at Cushing Academy
October 11, 2012At most schools I have visited on this journey I move, visit, peer into classes, talk with different groups of faculty and staff and students. Today I went to essentially one room and talked to one group of teachers and students. But what a “room” and what a group! I seem to be on a…
Big Thanks to NAIS for Putting My Journey at Top of E-Bulletin!
October 10, 2012A few quick notes, then I will be posting from my exciting visit at Cushing Academy today: A big thanks to NAIS and President Pat Bassett for mentioning me and providing the link to my blog on the NAIS E-Bulletin today: “HOW INNOVATIVE IS YOUR SCHOOL? Join Grant Lichtman as he visits 60 schools to report…
Rich,Thoughtful Process Bodes Well For Innovation at Winsor School, Boston
October 10, 2012We know that learning content for our students is generally easier than learning skills. The same holds true for adults. As we transform our ideas about how best to prepare our students for the world in which they will live, our teachers need to adapt to new ways of teaching. The “what” of new teaching…
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