WASHINGTON DC – The Whittle School and Studios is a prek-12 independent school with an interdisciplinary and mastery based approach to learning. Katarina Slobodova, the Assistant Director of Admissions, Upper School Advisor, and occasional parkour coach, is bringing The Art of Learning principles to her 9th and 10th grade advisory group. The advisory group meets …
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Teacher Career Pathways
NEW YORK, NY – Marcus Artigliere is a Teacher Team Leader with Teacher Career Pathways, part of the Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality with the New York City Department of Education. TCP works to build capacity of teachers and schools in an effort to promote sustainable change. This is achieved through one on one …
Urban Art Beat
NEW YORK, NY – Urban Art Beat is a platform for creative expression, partnering talented artists and dedicated volunteers with under-served schools and organizations in New York City and around the world. They believe that creative expression through the arts has the potential to enhance the mind, spirit, and artistic energy of youth and engage …
University High School of Science and Engineering
HARTFORD, CT – University High School of Science and Engineering, in partnership with the University of Hartford, is a magnet school that focuses on academic excellence and early transition to higher education, while developing responsible citizens who demonstrate healthy integration in a diverse society. Caryn Baseler, the Instructional Coach, has organized a yearlong Professional Learning …
Lamoine Consolidated School
LAMOINE, ME-Sparked with curiosity about Josh Waitzkin after his study of the Chessmaster Software, volunteer parent and cross country and chess coach, Dr. Peter Goebel, is using The Art of Learning to facilitate the professional development of teachers and 4th-8th-grade students, fostering in both a desire for lifelong interest in as wide a scope of …
Emerson School
ANN ARBOR, MI Emerson School is an elementary and middle school for the gifted and talented. Their main focus is to use a whole-child, multiple approach method to encourage creativity, problem solving, and development of basic skills in a nurturing environment. The school’s librarian and media specialist, Linda Lakshminarayanan, will be introducing The Art of …