Nathan Strenge
While planning this short film below in partnership with the dedicated educators at Eden Park Elementary School, a resonant theme emerged – the importance of We must preserve existing best practices in teaching while we innovate. This insight, as a classroom educator for a decade instilled a deep hope in me about the future evolution and expansion Learning Communities.
Learning Communities are a collaborative, holistically supportive and more collaborative environment for both kids and adults.
Why is it important to preserve existing best practices in teaching? This is due to the unwillingness of some communities to abandon a spatial classroom model, even though they recognize its limitations.
There’s little question why a classroom-based approach to schooling has had such a profound staying power (hint: it’s not because it’s best for kids). To put it simply: it’s what we know. The vast majority of Americans alive today attended school with a classroom model ….
