Tag Archives: learning

Book club biography

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Amy

For Maya’s book club meeting tomorrow, we’ve asked the girls to write a one page biographical story. It can be anything that has happened to them that they want to write down. It can be funny, sad, whatever. … Continue reading →

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What a week!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Amy

I hereby give my own mini standing ovation to all the event planners out there. You are sorely under-appreciated. Why is that, all you non-event planners might ask? Well. First there are the lists. Lists of attendees, rsvp’s, items … Continue reading →

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Why it’s called a learning “experience”

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Amy

Three days from now Michael Ellsberg will be coming in to talk to the NYCHEA community about his book, “The Education of Millionaires: It’s not what you think and it’s not too late.” This evening Michael and I were … Continue reading →

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Full Disclosure

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Amy

It has come to my attention over the last week that because of my “radical” views on education and learning, many people make the assumption that I lead a particular lifestyle. Because we are life-learners, the assumption is that we … Continue reading →

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Standing up to testing? I applaud you

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Amy

Last night I took part in a “Comments” discussion on Lisa Nielsen’s Innovative Educator blog. The post in question was titled “Tell Bully Principal How You Feel” . In it, Lisa called for her readers to send emails to … Continue reading →

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Only a day or two to go!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Amy

Tomorrow I am meeting with my amazing web designer, Alison Leipzig, to go over final things for my website and to learn how to make changes and/or add content. I’ll tell you right now that the resources page is going … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Stuart and “Class Dismissed”

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Amy

As I mentioned yesterday, this morning I had the good fortune to meet and be interviewed by Jeremy Stuart for him upcoming film “Class Dismissed”. I’m so excited to be a part of this project in some small way, because … Continue reading →

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Big Day

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Amy

I’m posting this from a hijacked computer tonight, as our internet has gone down and won’t be fixed till tomorrow afternoon. It’s been kind of fun to have an evening of forced separation from the computer, or at least … Continue reading →

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Eduardo & Bob

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Amy

Yesterday we made a trip to Chinatown to get “squishies”. The shopping was a major success, with the kids finding what they wanted at prices that were amazingly cheap. Then we headed toward Canal St. and the subway station … Continue reading →

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Why bullying and unschooling don’t mix

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Amy

Yesterday I referenced a Washington Post article in which unschoolers are referred to as “dirty hippies”. The title of the article is “Save a Life, drop out; ‘Bully’ and the case for homeschooling”, and the dirty hippie quote in … Continue reading →

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