“I would love the purpose of school to be about engagement in society - being active participants in democracy, and having a voice. Right now its more focused on monetary outcomes and financial status.”
Read More
"That's the major pivot, is that schools become much more about relationship and much more about listening to, protecting, and wrapping our arms around children. And then those are the outcomes we chase, those are the things we measure. The depth and quality of relationships amongst the children, that they feel cared about, loved and protected."
Read More
"It’s almost like there’s a perfect standard we’re all measuring ourselves against and failing in different ways, which is why everyone in public school, at least everyone I remember, felt like somewhat of a misfit."
Read More
“The main purpose of school is to give kids opportunities to do things they care about. Choices.”
Read More
"Schools should push every child to be themselves, and give them the resources and support they need to pursue what they want to pursue. But also give them the space for them to figure that out for themselves. This is a difficult thing to do, but I think if schools are places of wonder and excitement, it’s okay if kids are on different levels."
Read More
"I think education should get you to a place where you feel fulfilled and you feel happy, and where you're not just comparing yourself to other people who do very well on a conveyor belt."
Read More
“I want [my future kids] to find what's important to them, to be happy (whatever that means to them), and not let another's definition of happiness deter them.”
Read More
Read More“I think back to the one-on-one parent-teacher conferences that I had when I said, ‘Your child is reading below grade level, here are some flashcards you can do with him,’ instead of saying, ‘You know what? Your child is really compassionate. He always wants to help others and problem solve, and reading will come.’”
"I think [school] is really about developing values and there are so many ways to do that. Curriculum matters less and less the more I think about it. But, that's not feasible in our society; we are beholden to these content driven standards. But, I think that…deriving the ability to think deeply, to communicate and ask questions, to recognize beauty and be inspired by it… that's ideally what schools do and those are the skills that kids remember and hold on to.”
Read More
"Schools should provide facilitation…providing opportunity without spoon-feeding a prescribed path or stairway for getting to that happy point. School should make it possible to have a productive journey there, but I don't think they should decide what the productive journey is and then enforce it.”
Read More
I was raised by European immigrant parents who taught me that school wasn’t about making money it’s there for the knowledge. You’re valued for the knowledge you have, not for how much money you’re making from it.
Read More