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La Petite's Podcast Interview
Awesome.Mad love to Andrew Odom and his support of La Petite's tiny house. Here is the podcast interview he conducted with La Petite earlier this week; in it, they discuss why she is building the house...
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A Request
HoneyFern is a small school trying to grow. We are not suffering any pains because we are doing it the right way: slowly, intentionally and with integrity.We are, however, trying to offer programs and...
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Site of the Week: Middle School
The Site of the Week this week is focused on a grade band close to my heart: middle school. When I went for my master's degree, it was always my intention to focus on middle school. There is something...
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Best. School. Ever.
Srsly. Quinn made us homemade bread and Nutella for the last day before the Thanksgiving break, and at the end of the day we all sat down together and had a tea party. (Quinn is the one in the floppy...
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Nothing About Us Without Us Is For Us
The title of this blog post is taken from a video discussion involving three students from Youth in Action, a student advocacy group that places students at the center of school reform (social change...
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Project-based Learning
Project-based learning is the rock upon which HoneyFern rests. It places the learner front and center, giving them freedom and responsibility that fosters innovation and creativity. For more on what...
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How To Change Your Community With One Word
FOOD.That's the one word that Incredible Edible uses to changes small towns from down-and-out to up-and-coming. This organization is based in the UK, but their website offers practical advice and tips...
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Giving Thanks, a Day Late But All At Once
Happy post-Thanksgiving Day!!This morning I slept in and am now ticking off my list of things to do: make turkey stock, work on a painting I started yesterday, read up on the next physics class, trim...
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Ten Reasons Why People Love What They Do
MAN, is this ever timely. Ran across an article on Twitter this morning (follow me @HoneyFernSchool) about the ten reasons why some people love what they do. Here they are below, without explanations...
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What Should Children Read?
Oh, my goodness. This is the silliest question ever. The new Common Core Standards believe that 70% of what students read in high school should be non-fiction, and this has many people up in arms about...
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Something Shocking
Sometimes my students shock me. Seriously. I have ridiculously high expectations for them, and I pretty much say yes to anything, so you would think that I am often disappointed (high expectations +...
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If You Only Ever Watch One Video...
...this should be it.I admit, I ignored it for a while. I thought it was a hoax or spam. Finally, a parent told me about it today, so after all the kids left I sat down and watched.I ended the video...
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Flying By
Gotta get down on Friday.Two days since my last post, and so much has happened for the school. Lovely donations coming in from EcoFoil, and La Petite's trailer for her tiny house is finished and ready...
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The Holidays
I'm no Scrooge.I LOVE giving people stuff. I would way rather give someone gifts than get them myself (my mom says I am hard to buy for anyway, so it works out). I am just fairly well tired of mass...
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26 Amazing Facts About Finland
This morning, a little slideshow about Finland, home to one of the world's best school systems, from start to finish (no pun intended).Highlights include the fact that kids start formal education much...
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The Common Core Kool-Aid
Rick Hess, an EdWeek blogger with whom I have not always agreed, writes this week regarding the lack of substance behind the Common Core reformers' intentions and goals, breaking down their agenda and...
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A Christmas Carol
Once again, mad props and much love to The Shakespeare Tavern and their excellent production of A Christmas Carol. This is our second year going to this holiday show, and they just seem to get better...
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Challenge-based Learning And Other Buzzwords
Ooooooohhh....research.Leaving public school allowed me to shuck off buzzwords like "best practices" and "research-based." This does not mean I am not doing these things or concerned with these things;...
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