What do we do when we don’t know what to do? This question summarizes the chronic condition that we are facing these days: VUCA, an acronym used to describe the state we are living in: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. If I am being honest, my head has been flooded with all the recent events …
Recently I was struck by a Twitter post on Angela Aow in which she said, “diversity is a fact, a right and a valuable resource. Schools have a moral imperative to cultivate safe and equitable learning communities where all can thrive.“ Does every educator believe this? I have some doubts. I think about the policies, …
I haven’t blogged or Twittered much during the pandemic. I’ve been so absorbed in my work and so annoyed with the new block editing system of WordPress, that I have really lapsed in “documenting my learning”. Yes, that is what I think I am doing here. Why do I think this? -Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano! Some …
Translanguaging. A word that makes you cock your head to one side and say, “huh”. It’s a bewildering term. For quite a while now I have been processing the concept Translanguaging and trying to find space within my existing paradigm to make room for this idea. On the surface, Translanguaging seems like it’s just a …
On the last day of 2020, I am struggling to meet my goal of publishing my 200th blog post. I have 77 partial posts in the queue but it has been so hard to string my thoughts together during this year that it felt impossible to complete any one of them. There are just so …
Since the political season, I’ve been reflecting on how polarized people have become. How have our realities become so splintered? How have people’s opinions become so calcified? This sense of “you’re either with us or against us” has really permeated the fabric of our society. Is there any way forward for democracy if we can’t …
Recently I saw a friend of mine post that Icelanders give books as a tradition for Christmas eve. How lovely is that? No wonder why such a small population is so incredibly literate–they value literacy and have embedded it into their culture. But then I started thinking about how much more thoughtful and genuine that …
I’ve heard it said that we either make our decisions based on fear or out of love/passion. Fear is based on avoidance, anxiety, and maintaining current paradigms. Whereas love and passion are based on change, potential, and new paradigms for a new world. In leadership, we need to balance both. Although I cannot speak for …
Now is the time to seize upon this opportunity to make constructive changes in our schools and educational systems. Let’s put our dreams into action! #Covid-19 #ChangeinEducation
Six months. Half a year. That’s been the length of this experience, and, as the Covid-19 numbers are not abating, the “finish line” is not in sight. Shutting ourselves up in our homes and pivoting suddenly has been quite agonizing. When schools all had to suddenly go online, we scrambled to figure out the technology …
