Tag: school

  • End of May

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    I have to admit, I wasn’t excited for another visiting week. Initially I was stoked, because there had been plans for @theanchor to bring two QIVC teens I like to the city, along with @themadhatter, to join Bear and the ALC-NYC crew (including @Tomis!!!) for the week. But then the teens bailed. Before the week…

  • The Week That Went To Saturday

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    It’s 11 pm Saturday, and I’m finally settling down to write my blog post for the week. It’ll probably sit in my draft pile overnight so I can polish it in the morning as a more alert being, but I want to get everything down before I forget. Sunday night, I found out that my…

  • Brooklyn Museum Trip!

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    Last weekend, I had a very art-and-music-filled Saturday. The Whitney was throwing a block party for the grand opening of their new building in the Meatpacking district and it was the first Saturday of the month, which means free admission and lots of music/lectures/workshops at the Brooklyn Museum through the evening. I had a blast at…

  • Weird Week…

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    There are two kids in the school right now, and that’s been a normal thing this week. It’s not a bad thing; I LOVE that so many of our kids went to D.C. to visit nasa or went upstate or are running around the city with siblings or are leaving early for classes and activities.…

  • Conflict Resolution

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    When I was in school, “conflict resolution” took the form of teacher-shuts-it-down-with-threats/punishments to keep class time lesson-focused. As I studied progressive and alternative forms of education, I came across many approaches to dealing with conflicts between students. There were “J.C.s” (Judicial Committees) comprised of students, essentially local courts. There were teacher trainings on using non-violent…