“Imagine a school where students work so intensely that the world outside the essay or problem or experiment before them seems muffled and far away. Their work leaves them sweaty, exhausted and satisfied. They take their work home not because… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“Children need long distance, steady, persistent advocates who do the hard, quiet, thankless day-to-day work.” — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“we created the “HOURS” tradition, to teach them how to spend their evening hours at home constructively: the H was for Homework, O for… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“Education is not about developing products. It’s about developing people.” — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“You hire people you trust completely to do the job. Then you create a culture that enables them to do their best work. That’s… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“I believed schools should teach children to behave with “preventive discipline” strategies: clarifying expectations, establishing routines and practicing them, speaking with a tone of… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“A culture of learning in an adult workplace is not just about “training.” A culture of learning is when a community of knowledge workers… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“He said the purpose of public education isn’t to serve the public, it’s to make a public. Like Dewey believed, the purpose of public… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“Imagine a school where students work so intensely that the world outside the essay or problem or experiment before them seems muffled and far… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“One type of kounaikenshuu is called lesson study: teachers plan one lesson together, observe each other teaching, analyze the outcome, and then refine the… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“it occurred to me that teachers are the consummate knowledge workers, yet they were being treated like manual workers.” — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
“I wanted our teachers to refrain from providing conclusions as starting points, but rather insist that students assemble valid evidence to reach their own… — Deborah Kenny Copy Share Image
