Not exact matches
The pupil, who approached her one day between
classes, said he was having a lot of trouble with his father and «started to tell me he was thinking about suicide,» recalls Ms. Barron, who is now a project director with the Education Development Center
in Newton, Mass. «
Kids were teasing us
in the hall, and I
realized I had nowhere to go to talk...
«The power of these kinds of activities on our
kids is amazing - you can see them literally making the connection and
realizing that something they've learned
in math or science
class really does have relevance to the world outside of school,» said Dr. Nicole Tempel Assisi, who has helped found all three of Da Vinci's current schools and serves as Principal of Da Vinci Innovation Academy, a K - 8 blended learning model.
All the other
kids realize that that's the best artist
in the
class, and once they
realize that there's a best artist, everyone else stops drawing.