A Summer of Systems and Making Peace with Discomfort
I had never heard of systems thinking before the summer of 2021 and my DRCLAS internship with ALBA Education, an innovative and creative primary school curriculum focused…
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Theme: Education
Hope in Uncertain Times
English + Español
The Covid-19 crisis represents a special opportunity to reimagine education and education systems. Currently, some educators, social entrepreneurs, and policy makers are developing…
Learning Inside and Outside School
2019 was already an unusual year for Laboratório de Educação, the non-profit organization I lead along with Beatriz Cardoso and Andrea Guida. In the five years since I joined this inter-generational team…
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Sharing: a Powerful Tool to Overcome Uncertainty
I boarded the panga (a small boat used by fishermen), with the same apprehension that I felt about my arrival to Rio Quito, a tiny municipality on the banks of the rushing Atrato river in…
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Compassion in the Storm
English + Español
Stimulated by a recent invitation by my dear friend and mentor Fernando Reimers to share some personal insights into the challenges for educational leadership in these times, I was immediately…