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May 27, 2020

SYNAPSE Step #1 — Simplify

by Christine Marshall This is #2 in a series of 8 posts about SYNAPSE. Visit the initial post for links. Students all over the world are experimenting with new approaches to learning this spring. Navigating unique circumstances shaped by our current pandemic, kids are adjusting to their “new normal” where…

Remote Learning

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SYNAPSE Step #1 — Simplify
SYNAPSE Step #1 — Simplify

May 27, 2020

SYNAPSE Helps Families Prepare for Remote Learning

by Dr. Christine Marshall For many families, the idea of remote learning without the immediate, physical presence of a skilled educator brings a mixed bag of feelings. Curiosity and fear are cropping up among parents who simply wonder how it’s all going to work out… How will my child maintain…

Remote Learning

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SYNAPSE Helps Families Prepare for Remote Learning
SYNAPSE Helps Families Prepare for Remote Learning

Mar 23, 2020

Connection and Beginner’s Mind

by Andy Housiaux This is a blog post unlike any other I’ve written. Here at Andover, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, our students have gone home and our faculty will be teaching remotely for the foreseeable future. It is a time of deep uncertainty in our community and…

Online Learning

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Connection and Beginner’s Mind
Connection and Beginner’s Mind

Mar 3, 2020

What Makes Tulsa Term, Tulsa Term?

Andover’s Workshop team traveled to Tulsa to soak up hard-earned wisdom from a program that has blazed a trail. by Andy Housiaux & Corrie Martin In 2019, as we began the design process for the Workshop at Phillips Academy, we knew that we wanted to soak up the hard-earned wisdom…

Education

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What Makes Tulsa Term, Tulsa Term?
What Makes Tulsa Term, Tulsa Term?

Feb 13, 2020

Existentialism and Instagram

by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe Like most educators today, Andrew Housiaux is forced to reckon with the presence and pull of cell phones and social media in his students’ lives. As an instructor of philosophy and religious studies at Phillips Academy, and the Currie Family Director of the Tang Institute, Housiaux…

Education

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Existentialism and Instagram
Existentialism and Instagram

Dec 9, 2019

Changing the Way School Works

A Visit to the Global Citizenship Experience Lab School by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe Phillips Academy won’t be the first to try out an alternative school structure. A number of institutions have been doing it for years and doing it well. …

Education

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Changing the Way School Works
Changing the Way School Works

Nov 19, 2019

Kickoff!

The inaugural meeting of The Workshop students and faculty — by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe On November 1, students and faculty of the Workshop at Andover gathered for the very first time in the Tang Institute. The Workshop, Andover’s school within a school, will not officially launch until the spring term, but this meeting marked the students’ introduction to each other and to the Workshop’s…

Education

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Tang Institute | Kickoff!
Tang Institute | Kickoff!

Nov 14, 2019

Religious Illiteracy in Secondary School Education

Finding solutions through art, history, and literature — by Kurt Prescott, Instructor and Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Phillips Academy It’s no surprise that I spend a good deal of time thinking about religious literacy. As an instructor in the philosophy and religious studies department at Phillips Academy, I have the distinct privilege of immersing myself in the discipline by teaching electives that directly confront questions about what it means…

Education

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Religious Illiteracy in Secondary School Education
Religious Illiteracy in Secondary School Education

Oct 25, 2019

Who’s Got a Question?

by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe — “The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask questions and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. ‘Who, what, where, why, when and how!’” – Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence, Founder of Mission Blue, and 2009 TED Prize Winner One of the very first…

Education

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Who’s Got a Question?
Who’s Got a Question?

Oct 24, 2019

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Summer Learning and Fall Opportunities

by Andy Housiaux — It was a busy and generative summer for the Tang Institute and its fellows. * In June, we hosted EL Education for a three-day workshop about assessment and student learning. Faculty from 12 departments participated, including members of The Workshop, Andover’s school within a school. * In late July, Fellow…

Education

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Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Summer Learning and Fall Opportunities
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Summer Learning and Fall Opportunities
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