Memo to students #2: Read a bit about Littky every Friday (once a week)

Once a week, look at Dennis Littky's book.  OVer 20 weeks you will get a good idea about the book.

Then you can write a "Guide to The Big Picture for Students and Parents."

Here is the schedule

Week 1  p. 34  Robert Reich quote about curriculum
Week 2 p 66-70  small schools

Week 3 p. 154  "grades are so meaningless"
Week 4 p. 162-166  tests vs. exhibitions

Week 5 p. 11  Learning is talking
Week 6 p.102  Go deep    depth over breadth

Week 7 p. 65  advisory.  what does an advisor do?  at other schools there is "no time for advisory" because .... (see the reasons)
Week 8 p. 1-3  the goals of education

Week 9  p. 12 and p. 51   Democracy in schools
Week 10 p. 105  the 5 areas for study and projects

Week 11 p. 106  Reggio Italy.  Trust kids to hep direct their learning
Week 12  p. 63  what does an advisor do?

Week 13  p. 194  by making sense of information  (what does this mean?)
Week 14  p. 194 by learning in a real context (get an internship this week)

Week 15  p. 194  by making connectings, by connecting things.  make a youtube channel.  monetize it
Week 16 p. 194  by  producing knowledge.   make an ebook this week 

Week 17p. 185   what methods and procedures do we need to remove?
Week 18  p. 44  respect:  bells, public announcements, passes

Week 19  p. From Dennis Littky's bookshelf   ZOOM by Istvan Banyai
Week 20  p.  53:  the newspaper office.


Now create a "A Student's and Parents' Guide to the Big Picture by Dennis Littky.... Commentaries by a student"

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