Opal School Blog
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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What are the children teaching me?
As a student teacher in Opal 3 this year, I continually find moments where my own growth parallels, intersects, is inspired by, and connects with…
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What kind of community do you want to be in?
Many schools spend the first six weeks of school building community in order to establish a foundation that will support learning through the rest of…
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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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Opal School Visitation Days 2019: Investigating the Conditions that Invite, Extend, and Sustain Playful Inquiry
Session 1: Wednesday, February 6: 6:30pm-8:30pm and Thursday and Friday, February 7-8: 8:30am-4:00pm Session 2: Wednesday, March 6: 6:30pm-8:30pm and Thursday and Friday, March 7-8:…
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Constructing Collaborative And Courageous Learning Communities
Thursday, October 25: 6:30pm-8:30pm Friday, October 26: 8:30am-4:00pm Saturday, October 27: 8:30am-12:00pm Playful Inquiry is an approach to learning alive in a community that courageously…
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Everyone plays a role
The fourth- and fifth-graders in Opal 4 have been stretching out, finding ways that their gifts can address the world’s needs. Many of their stories…
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Play, the arts, and education for democracy?
Next month, Opal School will host it’s 16th Summer Symposium. We determined the theme, Play, The Arts, and Education for Democracy, a year ago. Knowing that…
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It’s not about the spelling…
Recently in Opal 3, we were sitting together in a circle with our writing notebooks, a not uncommon scene for our third grade community.…
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