Article: Is Greenbay a model for public-private-nonprofit collaborations?
Lambeau Field by YF12s [CC-BY-2.0]. For Super Bowl Sunday, check out this article on CNN by John D. Donahue and Richard J. Zeckhauser who present the unusual ownership of the Packers as an example of the private-public-nonprofit collaboration needed to solve the challenges of now and the near future. I couldn't agree more, but would agrue we must master the three values of openness -...
Article: Action over Consumption
I believe that a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our engendering a lifestyle which will enable us to be spontaneous, independent, yet related to each other, rather than maintaining a lifestyle which only allows to make and unmake, produce and consume - a style of life which is merely a way station on the road to the depletion and pollution of the environment. The future depends more upon our choice of institutions which support a life of action than on our developing...
Article: Participatory Learning: The Adaptive Challenge of Education
Yesterday, I had the privileged to sit in on a professional development workshop for Assistant Principals provided by CARPE-DIEM, a partnership between the NYCDOE and with the Office of Collaborative Programs of New York City College of Technology CUNY. The workshop was taught by Mathematic Professor Estela Rojas who has been piloting "learning communities" as a key strategy to improving student retention and outcomes. The early results of her work with City Tech freshman has been promising, improving continuance by 11% in the first two cohorts. {sa 0262513595} One the train to the workshop, I read...