Detroit’s Future
20 teachers and artists from all around Detroit came together this past week to redefine the purpose and practice of education. At a week long retreat organized by Allied Media Projects (AMP) in...
View ArticleDetroit Minds and Hearts
God says in the Quran, the holy book of Muslims (followers of Islam), “Truly, God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves” (Quran 13:11). It was this verse...
View ArticleKnowing and I Don’t Knowing
As the coordinator for the Detroit Future Schools program, I get to visit 12 classrooms all over the Metro-Detroit area every month. Grades range from third grade up through twelfth. School focuses...
View ArticleReal Education is Powerful
“You’ve got to make it about power. It IS about power.” This was the advice I gave to an instructor who wondered how she could get students to care about the work she was assigning–the same work they...
View ArticleIDEA Tours NYC
While on the subway from P.S. 28 in Brooklyn to Zuccotti Park (of Occupy Wallstreet fame), Kirsten asked me, “So, what lens are looking at all of this from?” From November 2nd through November 4th,...
View ArticleMirroring Back Student Words–in Realtime
We’ve adopted another Detroit school into the Detroit Future Schools (DFS) family and we could not be happier with our new bundle—and neither could the students. “Can we think like this everyday?” one...
View ArticleDetroit Future in Puerto Rico
“Could you slow down–my English is good but not so good,” said a blonde woman from Germany (if I remember correctly). In a way, this woman pointing out my greatest public speaking flaw, (and the way...
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