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Gary Chapin
Sep 26, 20235 min read
Our Plan Came Together
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good “I love it when a plan comes together.” — Hannibal Smith, The A-team, 1983 In November, we came...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 23, 20233 min read
Moving Beyond Alignment to Coherence
By Jillian Kuhlmann We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Becoming an Independent Learner: A Conversation with Charli
By Ryan Mick We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Tucson High Magnet School
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jul 26, 20234 min read
The Creation (and Harnessing) of Habits
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Sights and Sounds of Learning Excursions
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jul 11, 20235 min read
On the Ground in Tucson
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jul 4, 20233 min read
Finding their own truth: Humanizing History through Dialectic Teaching
By Kaimana Chock We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Notes on an Excursion
By Corina Ontiveros We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Aloha Circle: Where Are You From + Storyteller Reflection
By Jillian Kuhlmann and Kevan Kiser-Chuc We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 14, 20236 min read
Equitable Grading at Sunnyside
By Gary Chapin and Laurie Gagnon We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 6, 20239 min read
Leading from a “Formative Assessment” Space
By Jennifer Poon and Sean Ross We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...
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Convening Storytelling Team
May 30, 20237 min read
It is not wrong to go back for what you left behind.
Reflections on the past, present, and future of assessment for learning By Jenny Poon We are pleased to share with you today a piece from...
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Convening Storytelling Team
May 23, 20233 min read
Story as Gift
By Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...
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Convening Storytelling Team
May 16, 20233 min read
Indigenous Epistemology & the Four Tezcatlipocas
By Alexandro “Salo” Escamilla We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...
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Convening Storytelling Team
May 11, 20235 min read
La Cultura Cura: Cultivating Ethnic and Academic Identity
By Alexandro “Salo” Escamilla We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...
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Convening Storytelling Team
May 2, 20235 min read
"Don't Just Talk About It. Be It.": 5 Lessons from an Excursion
By Adam Sparks We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Coherence vs. Alignment: Why Sunnyside Unified Prioritizes a Holistic Approach to Education
By Ryan Mick We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 21, 20233 min read
A Listening Journey “Through the voices of ALP”
By Ruth Hellams We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of...
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Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 11, 20234 min read
Story of a Session
By Steven Martinez We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of...
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