In this season, parents and teachers find ourselves interrelated and collaborating in all-new ways, as students learn remotely. The Learn Forward blog sits in the intersection between parents and teachers,
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Like never before, we have the freedom to focus purely on the joy of learning! Powerful learners love to expand, grow, explore, try new things and discover. Now, there is
Where are you at in the process of designing remote, eLearning for students at home? Many schools and districts may already have well-formed plans. Some might be silently preparing still.
What is your most interesting work as you care for and educate children (ages 0-18)? I'm curious about the resiliency of parents and teachers. How can Learn Forward nourish their
I will embrace the emotional labour. This is work for me. I am an educator, a mother and wife, a daughter and sister, a leader and volunteer. Currently, I am
Alison Gropnik, a child psychologist and researcher at Berkeley says, "attachment" between a parent [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px"
I LOVE doing interesting work in education! It makes me want to twirl and sing! Few things energize me more than creating vibrant learning environments keen on championing the extraordinary
It's an overused word, with a broad set of definitions, but could we talk about "love" in schools anyways?! I stood up at our school-wide gathering on Wednesday morning and
Recently, in a social setting, I sat with a mother of a special education student who in a matter-of-fact way stated, "My Gr 8 daughter doesn't have any friends." Then,
When I was a child, for one year, I attended an elementary school where children with special needs also had their separate classrooms. They were in a different part of