Steven DelpomeApr 6, 20171 minDear Parents of non-school aged children,Dear Parents of non-school aged children, Please make a point to remember what your children are like now. All they’ve learned without i...
Steven DelpomeApr 5, 20172 minNo solutions hereSometimes it seems like everyone is laying claim to having the answer to every problem today. Scary germs? Our soap will kill them. Medic...
Steven DelpomeMar 26, 20172 minOpen-sourcedThe simple idea behind anything open-source is “Here. We’ve something we’ve made that we think is good. Take it and use it and change it ...
Steven DelpomeMar 24, 20172 minMuscle MemoryConfession: Every morning there is a 50/50 chance I will begin looping my belt through my pants in the wrong direction. I’m 40 years old...
Steven DelpomeMar 23, 20172 minNeed toI stared at this worksheet. Senior level class. Entrepreneurship. Student being asked to classify needs and wants. This for an 18 year o...
Steven DelpomeMar 1, 20171 minThe MinorityWhenever people defend institutionalized schooling, often they will point to the number of children that are succeeding in school. And t...
Steven DelpomeFeb 28, 20171 minUh Oh...“The computers won’t connect to the wi-fi.” Running SOLEs, which are reliant on the Internet, the above sentence is about the worst glitc...
Steven DelpomeFeb 28, 20172 minEveryone is a Teacher“Wouldn’t I love to see the governor do what I do every day.” “These politicians wouldn’t survive a week of being a teacher.” In my time ...
Steven DelpomeFeb 25, 20172 minLearning at the edge of chaosOkay, so...yeah, sometimes we cross over that edge too. But to see what comes from this style of learning, as I’ve had the opportunity to...
Steven DelpomeJan 27, 20172 minJust...wow.“I cannot believe what I just saw.” --Vin Scully, Major League Baseball Broadcaster I make it a regular point to make that the children a...
Steven DelpomeJan 27, 20171 minIn the midst of chaos...“When we are in the midst of chaos, let go of the need to control it.” --Leo Babauta, author, blogger @ Zen Habits It’s good advice. Ser...
Steven DelpomeDec 20, 20162 minWhat do you know about that!The stuff that it turns out I don’t know. Being the Granny in a SOLE can be a humbling experience. Most of the time it is, actually. Y...
Steven DelpomeDec 20, 20162 minA stark difference in perspectiveJust so you know, many, many millennia from now, any life that is left on Earth will be roasted to a smoldering oblivion by a dying sun. ...
Steven DelpomeDec 16, 20161 minrelative importanceYou take your dog for a walk. He spends minutes on end sniffing at one spot with great urgency. We don’t understand why. But there is no ...
Steven DelpomeDec 7, 20161 min"I'm just standing here watching it happen."The title of this piece refers to what inevitably happens toward the end of a SOLE. At some point the kids just get on a roll, and any i...
Steven DelpomeDec 6, 20163 minMagicThe thing about curiosity is, which we all on some level realize, is it doesn’t go away until it has been sated. It doesn’t care about t...
Steven DelpomeOct 31, 20162 minTime to mold the children...“I’m a teacher. I mold young minds.” In fifteen years as a classroom teacher I probably said it 100 times and thought it 1000 times more...
Steven DelpomeOct 24, 20163 minIt ended as things should end, loudly, and with joy.It all started so quietly. The truth is a lot of us weren’t sure it would get started at all. “We had so many signups we were turning pe...
Steven DelpomeOct 19, 20163 minResults Oriented“You have the right to work only, but not for the results of work. Do not let your motivation for action be influenced by reward, and do ...
Steven DelpomeOct 4, 20163 minFamily and Time TravelThe thing about the Self-Organized Learning Environment is that children get the opportunity to work together with minimal adult interfer...