We didn't exactly know what we were doing, but as Tim remarked later in the process and Meghan would remind him as the cohort wrapped up, "Perhaps all we need is each other. Really each other."
Context & Perspective (Part III)
Looking Within First
It feels good to be ridiculously in charge of ourselves and our impact. Perhaps if more people made a small step toward that kind of self-awareness and ownership, the world would change.
Summer Scaries
We can work hard and enjoy the work. We can work hard and enjoy life outside of work.
Reflections on an Emerging Student-Centered Learning Ecosystem: Inquiry and Ideas (Part II)
As the fellowship took shape, each teacher brought assets of their own that they knew could work, but also a willingness to learn that came from not seeing their approach as “the” answer. In the words of improv comedy, they came with bricks rather than a cathedral. This kind of openness to inclusion would be key to ideation and innovation. The smartest person in the room may be the room, but only when everyone who should be is in the room.
How We Treat Each Other
There are no perfect people, so let's stop pretending to have it all together. More authenticity and honest conversations are needed in schools. Artificial harmony is not going to take us where we need to go.
Less Rush. More Presence.
Because really...isn't that what our schools and classrooms need at the end of the day? Calm care and a profound sense that what we are doing together is special and worthy of savoring? Less rush. More presence.
Brave Enough to Care & Try
Move. Do it small if you need to but do it with big heart and consistency. Simply keep showing up. The world needs people who are care and are willing to try, learn, and try again. It's that simple.
Because of a Teacher, Volume II
My expectations for learning are high. We expectations for how we treat each other are even higher.
Top 40 Lessons
No one is thinking about you as much as you are thinking about you. When we come to understand that, we are liberated from worrying too much about what other people think.
It Can Wait
Turn that song up, roll the windows down, take that walk with that person you love. Live your life fully in little moments. It's all we have - these little moments.
MEGHAN LAWSON 