We are an evolving group of educators who have come together to learn from a diverse group of gifted, interesting, and sometimes provocative, learned people in the world. We’ve learned from the likes of Edgar Schein, Peter Block, Richard Sheridan, Stan Slap, and poet David Whyte; provocative educators David Berliner, Gene Glass, and Yong Zhao; linguist George Lakoff; and researchers and professors Carol Dweck, Andy Hargreaves, Art Costa Bena Kallick, Jon Saphier, Yong Zhao, and Tony Wagner.
We are about learning and exploring ideas to understand more deeply the institutions of education. We are also intrigued by the processes individuals experience while learning. Our blog is about current issues around learning. We offer reviews of books we’re reading. And we focus on “New Rules”– the changes in attitude and behavior we educators must exhibit to survive in our world of surprising changes.
(Read our new rules before they disappear. We only publish the most recent for a few months.)
Doom Loop or HOPE: Your Choice “Never deprive someone of hope. It may be all [they] has”. Jackson Brown This is an adaptation of a New Rule written a few years ago. See https://learningomnivores.com/rules/doom-loop-or-hope-your-choice/ for the original post. These are very difficult times. Political differences, health issues, financial problems, and […]
“When the student is ready the teacher will appear” Tao Te Ching This has never been truer than in my life…being blessed by GIANTS who show up at just the right time! Nearly ten years ago, I read a book by Marshall Goldsmith titled, ‘What Got You Here Won’t Get […]
“if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” 1675 letter by Isaac Newton: I met Barbara at Mt. Madonna school in California where Skip Olsen and I attended a workshop with two of my other giants Peter Block and Angeles Arrien. Barbara was […]
