Our homes, communities, and the world itself need the natural assets our children bring with them as learners, and which they often lose over time on the assembly line that pervades most of the public education system today. We see no actions as more important in school than developing, supporting, and reinforcing children's sense of agency, the value of their voices, and their potential to influence their own communities.
In Timeless Learning, an award-winning team of leaders, Chief Technology Officer Ira Socol, Superintendent Pam Moran, and Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff demonstrate how you can implement innovative practices that have shown remarkable success. The authors use progressive design principles to inform pathways to disrupt traditions of education today and show you how to make real innovations that will have a timeless and meaningful impact on students, keeping alive the natural curiosity and passion for learning with which children enter school.
● Discover the power of project-based and student-designed learning
● Find out what "maker learning" entails
● Launch connected and interactive digital learning
● Benefit from the authors' "opening up learning" space and time
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Chad Ratliff is the Lab Schools Principal for Albemarle County Public Schools. Chad was named one of the nation’s "20 to Watch" educators by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) in 2017.Ira Socol is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for Albemarle County Public Schools, and was named one of North America’s "Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers" for 2017 by the Center for Digital Education.Pam Moran is superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia and was the 2016 Virginia Superintendent of the Year and a top four finalist for the AASA National Superintendent of the Year in 2016.
Neil Hellegers grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in theater arts and a minor in psychology before getting an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to New York City in 2003 and, since then, has made a career of theatrical performance, percussion, theater education, and audiobook narration. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.