Catching up on some reading in the area of innovation and education one link led me to another and I came across Steve Ballmer 39 s recent email to Microsoft employees announcing quot a far-reaching realignment of the company that will enable us to innovate with greater speed efficiency and cap
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School Reform and The Revolutionary Question
Over the last few months as I 39 ve tracked the debates about the Common Core State Standards CCSS which I 39 ve written about here I 39 ve become intrigued not just by the wrangling over content but by the way the standards are spoken of or treated nbsp Whether people oppose or support th
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The iPad and the Trinity
quot All men quot said Aristotle in the Metaphysics quot desire by nature to know quot I think Aristotle is right and I see this confirmed almost every day with my own students It is confirmed everywhere in fact Our culture centers itself around the acquisition of knowledge on mastering b
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Finding the Balance
The following is a guest post from our intern Nicholas Sawicki The Ignatian Educator welcomes guest contributions from writers scholars teachers students parents or administrators who are interested in joining the conversation about Catholic education Contributors may send guest blog posts to
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Update: Felony Counts in Florida Bullying
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the harrowing death of Rebecca Ann Sedwick Rebecca Ann was 12 years old She was in middle school And she became so distraught as a result of online cruelty she jumped from a platform at an abandoned cement plant nbsp Yesterday 39 s nbsp New York Times reports th
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On ‘Deserving’ Stanford
A former student of mine alerted me to an article published yesterday nbsp in The Chronicle of Higher Education with the enticing title quot Welcome Freshmen You Don 39 t Deserve to Be Here quot In the article Kevin Carey director of education-policy at the New America Foundation offers his
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At the Hour of Our Death
In the second week of The nbsp Spiritual Exercises St Ignatius introduces different ways for understanding and making good choices There are some instances Ignatius notes when God quot so moves and attracts the will that a devout soul without hesitation or the possibility of hesitation follo
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Ignatian Cities, Kairos at the Beach, and Much More
I 39 m finishing my fourth week blogging at America and for readers who might be new to the quot The Ignatian Educator quot I wanted to share a few previous posts to introduce you to the subject s of this blog and my previous writing Below are links to and samples from a few selected essays fr
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How, Then, Shall We Trust?
In the course of recent reading I nbsp came across this passage from an essay by Howard Gray S J Ignatius learned to trust his heart as a place of unique encounter with God Trust is an essential component of Ignatian spirituality Trust in turn will permeate the life and mission of the S
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The Pedagogy of the Golden Dome
Shock Find People don 39 t like to be isolated This essentially is what the Wall Street Journal reports today in an article summarizing nbsp the pros and cons nbsp of MOOCs — the quot massive open online courses quot pioneered by companies like Coursera and edX and now increasingly offered at