OESIS Innovation Network

OESIS is a faculty-focused innovation network of 600+ independent schools: we focus on PD, Research, Faculty Cohorts, Conferences & Career Placement.

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Given what we have in common and where we think we differ, how can we invent stuff that takes the best care of us, Gil Friend asks @DrBenjaminFreud. Can we have an education that supports transforming our lives while developing the ability to live well?
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At a time when public statements can be problematic for students, it is important that teachers and schools say something to students, write @HarbordKhan. Bystander syndrome is not a healthy place to be when kids are trying to understand conflict.
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We don't talk because we fear repercussions. We seek safety in groups that are like-minded. Have we abandoned critical thinking or is this a temporary hiatus while we sort out how our society is organized? Educators and liberal education are the key.
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Students should become “the architects of their own futures,” making choices that nurture their own interests, creativity, and leadership abilities, writes @ekgriffin in her review of Ana Homayoun's book, "Erasing the Finish Line."
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When we tell stories, we decide what to include and exclude, writes @DrBenjaminFreud. That discriminatory process is the ethical act of telling stories. That is why telling our stories collectively is the most powerful act of learning in our culture.
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If you could envision your best view of the future, what would it look like, asks @willrich45 in his convo with @DrBenjaminFreud. Once we start having these conversations, the work gets easier. We have to imagine the future before we can prepare for it.
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Brent Kaneft writes that we tend to bypass unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks and claim a level of enlightened transcendence that belies the reality of our fallibility.
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Language instruction, like other disciplines, spends much time on mechanics that do not help students when they face the world, writes @Haiyunlu. We need to rethink the purpose of learning a second language and build a program that meets student needs.
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Schools are designed to block change from occurring, writes Alden Blodget. Teachers have developed strategies to derail change for good reason. The system yields no time to reflect, adjust, retool; or emulate what happens in other segments of our culture.
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The key to providing effective and caring school support for your kids with ADHD and more begins with recognizing the problem and shifting their mindset with a sustainable solution, writes @DrSharonSaline. Here are 4 strategies.
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The Director of Wellness position is consistent with the research that says whole-school interventions have a greater impact than one-on-one counseling when it comes to social-emotional development, writes Lade Akande. Create a culture of belonging.
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Lest you think PBL was a passing fad, read Part 1 of @thommarkham's series, Beyond PBL, in which he admits that PBL was not a good fit for our current education model, and implores us to look ahead and use real PBL to liberate students and ignite genius.
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In an uncertain world, students need to focus on developing skills for problem-solving or project completion. Jeff Burstein recommends that teachers support students by pulling the learning modules when students need them in order to be successful.
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Let's ditch the non-profit versus for-profit dichotomy, and create room for students to reimagine how organizations, businesses, and entities might be rewired to “do good”, writes @Educatorslab. Think about ways this transformation might be possible.
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What is different about the regenerative approach to capitalism, Cordell Jacks tells @DrBenjaminFreud, is not that it's looking for a net positive, doing less harm than good, but really making a positive systemic change to the capitalist system.
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Combine experiential learning with service learning and you have a winning formula, writes @Haiyunlu. And if you want to create a successful program, then send the teachers first so they understand the environment in which they will be creating curricula.
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I have noticed a remarkable shift in interest around purpose in our community, writes new @NAIS President @debra_p_wilson. The Editor of Intrepid wishes her the best and hopes that she has the courage to move schools to a reinvention of school purpose.
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Despite my best efforts to focus on continuous improvement, all of the feedback I gave was eventually distilled down to a single letter, writes Catherine Thorn. Even when we test drive a car, we give it a more nuanced evaluation than a single grade.
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A poignant and personal article about why the purpose of school is so important. As Tanya Sheckley writes, when you consider the well-being of your own children, your view of what schools might look like is very different than their current appearance.
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There are different and perhaps opposing purposes for learning and the education system, Jordi Diaz-Gibson tells Benjamin Freud. One is driven by collective action for sustainability and the other by the meeting of defined mechanistic standards.
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