by George Goens | Nov 5, 2012 | Education
We have a love affair with technology. No one can deny that. Technology is a great influence on the way we live, but we seldom think about its negative consequences. Technology is touted as connecting people. But connections are more than texts, e-mails or social...
by George Goens | Sep 10, 2012 | Education
Poets muse on life itself—its purpose, its significance, its wonder, its beauty, its genius, its travails, its pain, its conflict. They help us define ourselves with respect to others and the universe, and they help us see and marvel at the gift of life in bright or...
by George Goens | Apr 10, 2012 | Education
It’s time educational reformers reform their thinking. After over 25 years of national education reform, what has been the result? A Nation at Risk, No Child Left Behind, and the Race to the Top all followed similar themes: high stakes testing, database metrics,...
by George Goens | Feb 27, 2012 | Education, Other
Making music is different from just playing notes. Technique is important, but making music demands more. Many people can play the notes, but virtuosos have something additional. They interpret and apply the composer’s music and capture the audience’s...
by George Goens | Jan 30, 2012 | Education
“In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for 20 years.” Jacques Barzun Did teachers have an impact on your life? Most people can identify a teacher or teachers who helped make them what they are today....
by George Goens | Jan 9, 2012 | Education
Children need schools that offer them the sanctity to be themselves, to learn and grow, and to take risks so they can garner the experience of life without paying devastating prices. In these “sanctuaries” human genius in all it forms is honored. Schools as...
by George Goens | Jan 2, 2012 | Education
Schools are about the promise of living. They are not about organizational structures, power, procedures or management. They are about living, fully and completely, with the heart as well as the head, physically as well as intellectually, and intuitively as well as...
