Ben Kestner
Thoughts on Education
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Letter to Students from a Torn Teacher
“…………..When given opportunities for curiosity, fascination, and discovery, your insights amaze me. When I offer you occasions to be brave in thought and expression, I am impressed by your abilities. You are smart, and you know that you could never tell the world who… Continue Reading “Letter to Students from a Torn Teacher”
Tedxkids at St. John’s International School
Great Event held at St. John’s International School, Belgium. June 1st. Don’t miss it. TedxKids Brussels http://www.facebook.com/tedxkidsbrussels?sk=wall#!/tedxkidsbrussels
Three Steps to Helping Students get Excited about Learning
Reduce the Number of Students a Teacher Sees The first step in this process is for administrators to work on reducing the number of students a teacher gets to see in any given week. If a teacher sees 240 plus students a week, I’m… Continue Reading “Three Steps to Helping Students get Excited about Learning”
International Women’s Day 2011
This Year’s Theme: “Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women”
Creating the Best Conditions for Growing. A Message for Educators
WESTERN MONTANA GROWERS COOPERATIVE Farmers need to think carefully about the conditions for growing if their crops are to flourish. Places for learning need to think carefully about the conditions for learning if their students are to flourish. I say ‘places for learning’… Continue Reading “Creating the Best Conditions for Growing. A Message for Educators”
The Real Goals of Education
We are part of an increasingly globally-connected and knowledge-based world and educators have the responsibility of continuing to prepare students for what is around them and what they will experience when they leave school. Our task is not easy. We do not really know… Continue Reading “The Real Goals of Education”
How Ed Reformers Push the Wrong Theory of Learning: Marion Brady
Click below for Article Washington Post 24 August 2010
Sack a great principal or have much needed funding for your school?
Very upsetting ‘school reform’ story…. following on from my recent blog. CLICK on this link: nytimes
The Squeezing of Creativity out of the American Public School System
Diane Ravitich, in her book “The Death and Life of the Great American School System” talks about some of today’s most popular ideas for reforming and restructuring schools in the U.S., including privatization, standardized tests and punitive accountability. She describes a journey of personal… Continue Reading “The Squeezing of Creativity out of the American Public School System”
