We have all spent time in classrooms, so interest in what is being taught and how is of perennial interest. This salon will be a wide-ranging conversation about what’s happening on the ground in local schools, and what teachers are thinking about education in the 21st century.

How have students and schools survived No Child Left Behind? What is the focus of today's curriculum, and what does it mean for life after graduation? How do Bay Area schools stack up against schools in other counties, states or countries? Get a peek inside today's public schools with a veteran educator.

Greg worked overseas in both the banking and the computer industries before finding a calling in education. After nearly twenty years in the classroom, Greg has become involved in teacher mentoring, curriculum development and global education programs, and is currently an instructional coach for East Side Union High School District in San Jose, California. He has been a member of the California Teachers Association Instructional Leadership Corps and traveled to Ukraine as part of a State Department teacher training initiative. His student entrepreneurship project San Jose Walks & Talks received an IFT Grant in 2015.

Brain Science in the Classroom (Opinion)
Teachers can take cues from brain research to boost student learning, writes Benedict Carey of <em>The New York Times</em>.
Education WeekBenedict Carey
Changing education paradigms
In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools’ dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.
TED TalksSir Ken Robinson
Could subjects soon be a thing of the past in Finland?
Finland is an education success story, so is it right to move away from old-style lessons?
BBC NewsPenny Spiller
Why I Will Not Be Teaching About Charlottesville
After Charlottesville, this black teacher of black and brown students knew that her kids would not want another lesson about bigotry and racism. Here’s what she did instead.
Learning for JusticeJamilah Pitts
2 education reporters ... for a metro region of nearly 8 million people - kappanonline.org
California’s Bay Area shows what it looks like when a region’s education reporting gets whittled down to nearly nothing.
kappanonline.orgAlexander Russo

 

This salon took place February 17, 2019.