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Step 286: Teaching to Improve Ourselves and Our Students

Posted in education, learning, student, teaching, yoga on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.” ~ Colleen Wilcox I thought about this quote on Monday night as I wrapped up my second yoga class at Columbia Law School. I was more familiar with the space this time, brought some new music, and recognized some repeat students. Teaching requires improvisation. We explain something a [...]

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Step 278: Teaching and Learning As Two Sides of the Same Coin

Posted in education, teaching on October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Last night I taught my first yoga class at Columbia Law School. A new space for me and all new students at a very wide variety of levels. I had prepared a sequence though had to quickly change on the fly to accommodate abilities and experience. A word to the wise: bring more tricks in [...]

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Step 275: Teachable Moments

Posted in education, teaching on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

As my week of blogging about education winds down, I debated how to close out this mini-series. Many people have sent me links and story ideas, and in my research I found enough hopeful stories in education to fill this blog for a year. The thought that has stuck with me all day is that [...]

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Step 274: Help Donorschoose.org Seal a $1M Deal to Fund Public Education Programs

Posted in children, education, school on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It’s understandable that some people are skeptical about nonprofit organizations. We work hard for our money and when we give it away, where does it go? There are organizations like Charity Navigator that provide objective ratings of nonprofits, though in this economy ratings agencies of all kinds have drawn criticism. I’ve always found that restricted [...]

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Step 273: Environment Science Gets Its Due in Maryland Classrooms

Posted in children, education, environment, school, science on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

My friend, Michael, author of Like a Fish In Water, sent me a link about environmental education in the Maryland Public School System. Previously, the system only required a single lesson on environmental education some time between kindergarten and 12th grade. Now, environmental science must be woven into the curriculum, covering specific topics. Originally, the [...]

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Step 272: Class Size Isn’t the Be All End All of Education

Posted in children, education, school on September 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »

An article appeared in the New York Times yesterday showcasing a Massachusetts school that didn’t let large class sizes stop them from improving test scores. By bringing writing and reading assignments into every school subject (gym included!) The school is now outperforming 90% of other schools in Massachusetts. Reading and writing bring to bear creativity, [...]

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Step 271: Parents May be the Most Important Piece of the Education Puzzle

Posted in children, education, family on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The airwaves are bustling and bristling this week about education. Our U.S. school system is making front page news like never before. Sadly, sometimes it takes a crisis to raise awareness. Yesterday, one of my readers of this blog who has decades of experience in education voiced his opinion about one way to repair the [...]

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Step 270: Sounding the Alarm on Public Education

Posted in children, education on September 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »

This week NBC is running a special in-depth look at education in America, Education Nation. It is a loud, profound alarm – our schools are in trouble, and by association our nation is in trouble. Not because of the financial system or the housing crisis or the erratic Dow. Our nation is in trouble because [...]

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Step 253: Get Involved with Student Sponsor Partners and Change the Life of a New York City High School Student

Posted in community service, education, New York City, student on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I respect and admire nonprofits that create a huge impact in the world by making it easy for volunteers to make a difference. On Thursday, I went to a presentation by Margaret Minson and Faith Botica of Student Sponsor Partners (SSP), a nonprofit that helps at-risk, high-potential public middle school students get a private high [...]

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Step 252: Donorschoose.org Finds a Hidden Angel

Posted in children, education, philanthropy, school on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I received the article below in an email from Charles Best today about a hidden angel who showed up on the doorstep of Donorschoose.org. Best is the Founder of Donorschoose.org, an organization that link indvidual donors to specific classroom needs via a well-organized, elegant web interface. The email is a reprint of an article that [...]

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