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Monday, November 19, 2012

How can they know? « Cooperative Catalyst

How can they know? « Cooperative Catalyst:


How can they know?

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How can they know,
how hard the burden?
How can they know,
how heavy the load?
Struggle finds a strong heart
and tears, rivers of love
and silence binds us all.

~ Susan Herrick
How can they know? That question has been an ongoing refrain in my head for some time now. Who are they? Students, all ages. What should they know? That is the question of our age, isn’t it?
How can they know? At the Making Connections conference earlier this month, Zoe Weil said the teaching profession has the most influence on our future, yet our current educational goals are not worthy of our students hearts and minds. Students aren’t learning about how our every day choices affect the world. We are not empowering them to investigate the impact of their own choices.
How can they know? At the Global Education Conference this past week, I had the privilege of moderating three