As I sift through my thoughts from the site visits this past week, the theme that keeps recurring to me is the different ways the schools we visited supported either their teachers or their students, or both. Every school we visited had a non-traditional schedule, including our last site, Mt. Carmel, which I haven’t had [...]
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We’re back…
March 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Future students, Site visits
We have returned from our site visits tonight and there is a lot to absorb! I was reading a new book, Wikinomics, on the plane, which is about how the new collaborative and connective nature of the web is changing our culture. To me, that is what the site visits were all about. We’ve made connections with all [...]
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On to San Diego
February 28th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Site visits
Today we visited two very different schools and learned an incredible amount of things from both of them. Poway is a high school of 3,000 in the surburbs, somewhat similar to the Westlake area, outside of San Diego. We talked to them about their senior project which is a culminating experience to the senior year, [...]
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The view from L.A.
February 28th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Blogroll, Site visits
Yesterday we visited Harvard Westlake and attended a few classes as well. Their campus is unbelievably beautiful, situated on top of a hill overlooking the city. Their schedule is somewhat similar to ours, but they attend classes only four days. One of the most striking things there was a beautiful art gallery, and they also [...]
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Back on the plane…
February 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Site visits
A few things that stood out from our visits yesterday (this is quick because we have to get to the airport early this morning!)– –Gunn has “departmental” secretaries–a group of teachers over several departments share an assistant who is stationed at a location where students or teachers can access their help. They also have an [...]
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Home of high tech
February 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Site visits
We’ve made it to San Jose, the home of innovation, (after flying with a few Academy award attendees to L.A. yesterday). We’re off to visit the first two high schools on our trip this morning, Palo Alto and Gunn, and then we hope to visit Stanford’s campus this afternoon. It’s chilly and rainy in San [...]
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