Tag: Public Education

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What Can Football Teach Us About Public Education?

Donna FryLeave a Comment on What Can Football Teach Us About Public Education?@thisissethsblog, akimbo, football, Public Education, public school, school, School Culture, School Improvement, school leaders, school reform, school system, Seth Godin

How can we help parents get as excited about the quality of learning in schools as they do about the quality of the football?

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Afraid to be Wrong

Donna FryLeave a Comment on Afraid to be WrongDemocracy, Harry Collins, ideas, innovation, open, ossemooc, Paul Kennedy, Public Education, school, Schooling, science

Over the past few days, mostly while shovelling snow, I have been listening to one particular podcast from the CBC Ideas Program: Knowledge and Democracy.  The program examines the interaction between science and society, looking at the “position” of the discipline “science” in a democracy. It is of particular interest to me because of our […]

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