Matt Karlsen
Courageous and Collaborative Communities
Last week, I split my time between two groups. The first half of the week, Opal School hosted a Study Tour for a school from…
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Coming soon to Office Depot
At this week’s Opal School staff meeting, we continued our research into invention education (see earlier posts here and here). We decided to start considering the…
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Casting a line toward invention
As Susan wrote in her recent post, Opal School staff gathered Wednesday to discuss their observations of times when children were being inventive. I was…
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Writing curriculum
A new post at Cadwell Collaborative responds to a familiar request: Will you write the curriculum for a new Reggio-inspired school? The post thoughtfully responds…
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Focusing Our Intentions for a New Year
It’s a time of reconnection at Opal School. A little more than two weeks ago, Opal School staff reconvened. Last week, students returned. Tonight, we…
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Coming together anew
To be open to others means to have the courage to come into the room and say, “I hope to be different when I leave.”…
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On the edge of Symposium, thinking without bannisters
Opal School’s Summer Symposium begins Wednesday. It’s a frenetic time around the building: having said goodbye to students last week, teachers are setting up their…
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What school should be like
Fourth-graders gave these cookies to the graduates “to remind you to always find a third door and to not ignore that there are third doors…
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Opal School 2019 Summer Symposium
Every summer, hundreds of educators committed to recognizing, celebrating, and extending the creative and cognitive capacities of children join Opal School teacher-researchers and invited guests…
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Opal School Visitation Days 2019: Reading the World
Wednesday, April 10: 6:30pm-8:30pm Thursday and Friday, April 11-12: 8:30am-4:00pm What conditions do human beings need to thrive? What is the role of schooling in…
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