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CRUCIBLE

Three weeks remain in the 2009-10 school year an we have just finished testing. We expect to see significant growth over the year before and we expect the schools down the street will  have gotten even more growth and we … Continue reading

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Mañana Nunca Viene

What if our curriculum was as rich as it has ever been?  If children learned to think again?  To create and play with ideas and innovate and imagine and stretch their  logic and bring their innate gifts to bear. What … Continue reading

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JOURNALING CHAOS 2: “Heel Kick”

The “I Ching” teaches that “Before there can be great brilliance… there must be chaos.” This is PART 2 in a series of blog posts that document our research, strategic thinking, observations and debates as we take on one of the … Continue reading

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