Archive for February, 2012

My Friend, The Saint

The small grove lay shrouded in mist. Clouds of memories swirled and danced as the occasional ray of sun flashed from the ground. Jorge-dog suddenly stopped, sat, then lay down. He had been running ahead, nose down and tail up as he chased shadows, until he’d reached an invisible outer ring. Fear or respect, it [...]

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What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?

Schools We Can Envy March 8, 2012 Diane Ravitch  http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/08/schools-we-can-envy/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=February+14+2012&utm_content=February+14+2012+CID_df0a036fbf79555ea6739ad90deab4b9&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=Schools+We+Can+Envy Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg, with a foreword by Andy Hargreaves Teachers College Press, 167 pp., $34.95 (paper) Tuomas UusheimoThe Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland, which accommodates about 770 students aged seven to sixteen and [...]

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A Reluctant Prime Minister?

I may be far wide of the mark but do believe we have a reluctant Prime Minister rather than the Machiavellian creature being portrayed right now. While speculation and incredibly destructive chinese whispers continue to bounce around, with various media outlets trying desperately to talk Kevin Rudd into mounting a leadership challenge, I see a [...]

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Women Do It For Youselves!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/sheryl-sandberg-of-facebook-staying-on-message.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message Facebook’s No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn’t stopped telling the world how women should take responsibility for their careers. By NICOLE PERLROTH and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook’s big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a [...]

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Futurist Thomas Frey predicts 2 billion jobs to disappear by 2030

http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2012/02/2-billion-jobs-to-disappear-by-2030/ Thomas Frey is a well-respected futurist whose work is well worth reading for  a picture of a possible future for humanity. Visit his website for further information- recommended. 2 Billion Jobs to Disappear by 2030   A picture of me speaking at yesterday’s TEDxReset in Istanbul. Yesterday I was honored to be one of [...]

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AN ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

AN ECOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP © Julie Boyd 2012 Traditional models and theories of leadership are not necessarily helpful in a contemporary world. One of the challenges for educational leaders is in the realisation that education can no longer be quarantined from our broader society and environment. A theory of leadership derived from principles of [...]

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Stop Financial Apartheid

Terrific article by Sara Van Gelder of YES magazine, making some excellent points. This needs to be read far and wide. http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/sarah-van-gelder/corporate-rule-is-not-inevitable Corporate Rule Is Not Inevitable 7 signs the corporatocracy is losing its legitimacy … and 7 populist tools to help shut it down.   You may remember that there was a time when [...]

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WHAT WOULD IT TAKE … to shape a planet on which people, other living things and the systems that support us can sustainably co-exist?

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE … to shape a planet on which people, other living things and the systems that support us can sustainably co-exist? For this special issue, Momentum magazine invited experts from around the world to share their thoughts on how we might craft solutions to some of the Earth’s toughest challenges. A terrific [...]

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The Purpose of Education – Noam Chomsky

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