Imagine a school in which gathering around the table to have meaningful conversations is commonplace and unencumbered by roles and positions. Such discourse is not only meaningful, but also significant, purposeful, valuable, filled with intention, and result oriented. There is a spirit of trust that affords an interchange of thoughts and ideas that promote dialogue and heart-to-heart communication. Meaningful Conversations invites readers who earnestly desire high achievement for all students in all American schools to the table for a nine-course meal of food for thought that, altogether,...
Imagine a school in which gathering around the table to have meaningful conversations is commonplace and unencumbered by roles and positions. Such dis...
Over the past two decades, and perhaps even before the No Child Left Behind Act, policy makers and others have managed to drain civility, compassion, and courage from everyday classroom instruction. We have grown to become an educational system that is almost solely focused on academics at the expense of teaching to the whole child. Civility, Compassion, and Courage in Schools Today argues that civility, compassion and courage are absolutely essential to foster good citizenship to encourage and motivate students to action to take on the perspectives of others, and to see how they can become...
Over the past two decades, and perhaps even before the No Child Left Behind Act, policy makers and others have managed to drain civility, compassion, ...
Over the past two decades, and perhaps even before the No Child Left Behind Act, policy makers and others have managed to drain civility, compassion, and courage from everyday classroom instruction. We have grown to become an educational system that is almost solely focused on academics at the expense of teaching to the whole child. Civility, Compassion, and Courage in Schools Today argues that civility, compassion and courage are absolutely essential to foster good citizenship to encourage and motivate students to action to take on the perspectives of others, and to see how they can become...
Over the past two decades, and perhaps even before the No Child Left Behind Act, policy makers and others have managed to drain civility, compassion, ...
