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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Lessons of 9/11: Closer to the Heart | WagTheDog

Lessons of 9/11: Closer to the Heart | WagTheDog:



Lessons of 9/11: Closer to the Heart





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Schools should be in the “business” of creating diverse and stimulating learning environments and experiences where a child’s academic, athletic, artistic, social, and emotional skills and desires are free to flourish and thrive.
We should prepare our children to be thoughtful, caring, resilient, and responsible leaders and learners who can make meaningful and lasting contributions to our challenging and vibrant world. They need to learn how to make courageous and quality choices as they communicate and collaborate with others.
Powerful and privileged reformers like David Coleman deny the importance of thoughts and feelings because they often operate in isolation and are incapable or unwilling to consult and collaborate with others.
Reformers may hold powerful positions of leadership, but their inability to empathize and connect with other people, limits their ability to effectively guide and direct Lessons of 9/11: Closer to the Heart | WagTheDog: