Click to watch Zianna Oliphant make a tearful plea to the Charlotte City Council This is not okay. I have watched youth speak out in Asheville and here it is in Charlotte. Young Black children pleading to folks with government power for their parents to not be killed, for their Black bodies to not be […]
Category Archives: Education
Decolonizing Education, Theory of Change
Education curriculum, the spoken and unspoken rules, language, and the ways education operates are uniquely responsible for creating and perpetuating the inequality that exists in so many aspects of modern human society. This slide deck is very illuminating to me in the way it lays things out. It offers a framework for seeing the different […]
Highlights from 2013
My latest newsletter update with a glimpse into 2013 and the launch of Mycelium Learning Journey. Highlights from 2013 include: The Mycelium vision continues to evolve and find form The Compass Project – A one week intensive for 18-24 year olds Presenting at Sustainable Brands Conference – 7 New Leadership Skills for Thriving in the […]
Community-Based Education and Regenerative Business
For those of you who know me or have been following me for may years, you know that my work has been focused on young children and social and emotional learning for the last 15 years. How is it that I am now launching a school for 18-35 year old leaders that is also an […]
Gifted and Creative Individuals
I would love to hear your thoughts on this perspective of gifted and creative individuals. The article is The Application of Dabrowski’s Theory to the Gifted by Kevin J. O’Connor and was published in the book Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?. Here are a few quotes from the article […]
Do You Know of Any Interactive Online Social Spaces For a School Parent Body
Do you know of any school communities that have an active online space where parents communicate with each other online… perhaps a blog, online forum, social media network? I am trying to help a school community that is interested in having a simple social space where parents can share resources, invitations, ask questions of one […]
A Long List of Links
Here’s a peek at my internet life over the last few weeks. These are all the tabs open in my browser right now. Some are pages I want to go back to, others I have yet to explore, some are open as references for current projects I am engaged in, and a few I just […]