Here’s just one of our Distance Learning celebrations for April: The Progressive Middle School Virtual Museum of 2020.
The following talk was given at the 2019 global convention of Neohumanist Education in Salorno, Italy by 6th grade teacher Amal Jacobson.
Read More[You will not get an argument from me against the state tests. They are well-designed by dedicated and brilliant thinkers. They accurately measure a narrow sliver of academic proficiency, assuming the child being evaluated is giving full effort on a normal day.] These were my original thoughts when I first considered writing on this topic…
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Read MoreLast year our theme was Integral Learning. We experimented with thematic units that integrated many academic disciplines. By contrast, most school learning is accomplished through separate subject studies. For example, the History of the Ancient Greeks would be a social studies unit—removed from reading, writing, math, science, art, music, etc. But in our daily life…
Read MoreHere is an archive of articles published on the blackboard in past years: Yearly themes 2011: Authentic Learning 2012: Friendship 2013: Technology 2014: Determination 2015: Emergent Curriculum 2016: Integral Learning 2017: Integral Ecology 2018: Best Practice Student Speeches In Their Own Words… (1) In Their Own Words… (2) In Their Own Words… (3) What is…
Read MoreGem #1 :PSEUDO-CULTURE or TRUE HUMAN CULTURE? Idealism is strong when it comes to one’s own child. No parent wants to see their child become a slave to the money making mass media machine. Even those who are themselves addicted to the products of this machine will try to keep it from their children for…
Read MoreIn many spheres of life we see that people are having increasing difficulty acting for the long term, due to short term pressures. A politician has an election coming up, an insurance provider has a quota to meet, and in education… there are the TESTS. Testing should not be allowed to dictate curriculum, and despite…
Read Moreby Progressive School Graduate Amal Jacobson Tonight I was asked to give a speech on Neohumanism, but that of course leads us to the obvious question, “What is Neohumanism?” It’s not an easy question to answer. Is it a philosophy? A way of life? An attitude? Or is Neohumanism a practice — a task we…
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