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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Dancing Guy: Why teachers should ignore his advice - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Dancing Guy: Why teachers should ignore his advice

This was written by Larry Ferlazzo, a high-school teacher in Sacramento who writes a blog for educators and a teacher advice column for Education Week Teacher. He also has authored four bookson education. This first appeared here .
By Larry Ferlazzo

Music and creativity entrepreneur Derek Sivers has a popular TED Talk titled “Leadership Lessons From Dancing Guy.” Here’s the video andtranscript of his three-minute talk.
Unfortunately, at least through my eyes as a 19-year community organizer and nine-year high-school teacher, Dancing Guy models many poor leadership traits.
A leader who shares the values of democracy, justice and diversity (among other things) and is serious about building long-lasting change