Category: Classroom News

As a charter school, ANCS is committed to pursuing a number of academic and organizational goals as required by the terms of our charter agreement with the Atlanta Public Schools and the Georgia Department of Education.  Yet these goals really stand as the minimum we hope to achieve.  At a more aspirational level, the ANCS…

Posting to my blog a little earlier this week as today is the fourth anniversary of the passing of Ted Sizer, one of the key founders of the Coalition of Essential Schools.  I was fortunate to have learned from and worked with Ted, time that had a major influence on my thinking about schools.  You…

This past Sunday and Monday I was fortunate to attend the (co)lab Collaborative Leadership Summit.  Billed as a “summit, where today’s executives and tomorrow’s leaders from our business, education and civic communities connect, communicate and collaborate on issues vital to a thriving Atlanta region”, (co)lab featured a variety of speakers within three different “strands”: attracting…

As the new school year approached, a friend forwarded me an email from another school announcing with great excitement that the school had purchased new “smart tables” for all of their classrooms.  “Does your school use these?” my friend asked.  We don’t–and probably never will–have many–if any–“smart tables” at ANCS.  After checking them out online,…