Spring 2016
Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives
Welcome to the Spring 2016 issue of Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives.
Welcome and Introduction to the Spring 2016 Issue of Kaleidoscope
We are humbled by, and grateful to, the writers in our community whose work we feature in the fourth issue, primarily because we know that the work of developing as an education professional can be messy, turbulent, or downright stormy.
In This Issue
Two Weeks in Tibet (sort of): The Value of a Cultural Exchange Between Science and Spirituality
In the backdrop of all these benefits there looms the thing that I find to be the most important thing we stand to gain from working with these monks and nuns. It is the insight that working with this community is a poignant reminder that our role as educators and scientists is so much bigger than merely teaching content and discovery.
The Power to Effect Change
This story chronicles the experiences of three teachers who were working to improve student outcomes outside their individual classrooms.
TEACH180: A Window into our Classrooms
How do teachers offer insights into their practices, successes and struggles while simultaneously elevating their voices? #teach180
A False Sense of Student Success
How could a system that had been set up to help students hurt some so much?
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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