by Bernard Bull, President of Goddard College Something new is happening in classrooms around the country. Project-based learning schools, Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, schools where every student has a personalized learning plan, and schools that are committed to creating more space for learner voice, choice, ownership, and agency are all popping up. There are more… Continue reading The Teacher as Student: Graduate Degrees For a New Educational Era
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Challenge Accepted: Goddard College Launches Future-Focused $4 Million Campaign
Goddard College announced on Tuesday its largest fundraising effort to date, the Together for Goddard campaign to raise $4 million by the end of June 2020. At a time when many are questioning the future and viability of New England colleges, Goddard believes that its greatest innovations and academic experiments are yet to come. “This… Continue reading Challenge Accepted: Goddard College Launches Future-Focused $4 Million Campaign
Alternative Education Enters the Mainstream
by Bernard Bull People often tell me that at one point in their lives they wanted to be a teacher. Well, what happened? Usually, I find that their reasons for not pursuing education came from a limited view of what was available and possible in education. Or else they thought they missed their chance. If… Continue reading Alternative Education Enters the Mainstream
100% Acceptance Takes on New Meaning at Goddard
by Bernard Bull, President of Goddard College A Goddard College graduation ceremony is unlike anything that I’ve ever seen in higher education. There are multiple graduations each semester, one for each degree or cluster of degrees that share a 10-day intensive residency on campus. We might have five to ten graduates at a given ceremony.… Continue reading 100% Acceptance Takes on New Meaning at Goddard
Unschooling toward Educational Liberation
by Bernard Bull, president of Goddard College ((((ring)))) By the time that someone graduates from high school, there is a good chance that they have been through a multi-year Pavlovian experiment that consistently results in people learning to respond on command. ((((ring)))) Doing the simple math, if you attended a school that used bells between… Continue reading Unschooling toward Educational Liberation