If anyone's heart goes a-flutter over the prospect of a lively education discussion, it's readers of this blog. So here's an option for your Valentine's Day: TEDxCharlotteED is holding a four-hour "Learning on Purpose" session on Feb. 14.
TEDx events are local spinoffs from the popular Technology, Entertainment, Design talks that began in 1984. The Charlotte education event is sponsored by a group of educators and business people eager to share success stories and intriguing ideas.
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Speakers include one from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Deborah Brown, a teacher at Garinger High), one from a private school (Tom Dubick, a science teacher at Charlotte Latin) and one from a charter school (Cheryl Turner, director of Sugar Creek Charter). But there are others from less traditional sources, ranging from Dawn Peebles, executive director of a Providence Preparatory, a private preschool, to Chef Ron Ahlert, who leads the Community Culinary School of Charlotte, an adult job-training program.
TEDxCharlotteED runs from 1-5 p.m. at the N.C. Music Factory's Silver Hammer Studios, 817 Hamilton Street. Cost is $25. Registration is open through Feb. 13; sign up here.
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"It’s an event by creative thinkers, for creative thinkers, who embrace the spirit of ideas worth spreading.
In other owrds, let's get together and tell rach other how wonderful we are and continue to spread a message of status quo.
Why is there no Votech training/degrees in CMS high schools? Why are all students required to take higher level math classes when these skills will not be needed for certain HS graduates? Why does CMS start high schools at 7:15am, against all medical studies proving early start times are not academically beneficial for teenagers?
Can we get a rep from Project LIFT to participate? Or is that too much and no cop out for them?
To the poster above at 8:28: The reasons why most likely comes down to one thing........they don't give a damn.
Exactly , thus the need for the "LIFT ZONE" in the first place. They dont really care about educating kids this is so Ms. Watts and her pals can have a job. After St. Peter closed their schools and almost caused Riots this is the outcome. Problem is their own parents already see LIFT is not better than what they had. The babysitting that CMS was doing was better in the first place.
@ 7:51am, as one of the co-chairs of TEDxCharlotteED, I can assure you that the stories that will be shared are not about maintaining the status quo. To the contrary, our speakers are advocates for disrupting the status quo. Their TEDxTalks will prompt us to think critically about the purpose of learning and about our willingness to do whatever it takes to provide meaningful learning experiences to students of all ages in our community.
If you're the type of person who is open to new ways of thinking, particularly about education, I think you would enjoy TEDxCharlotteED. If you can't attend in person, you can check out the videos of the TEDxTalks on our website in a few weeks.
@ 9:08am, our TEDxCharlotteED organizing committee did not invite someone from Project LIFT to participate, primarily because we wanted to use this opportunity to share stories that may not be well known. However, as Ann noted, we do have speakers representing public, private, and charter schools, as well as other organizations.
David Phillips,
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Dr. Morrison's vision of creating a consortium type partnership among Charlotte's public, private and charter schools.
Alicia
Alumni, 5-College Consortium/5-College Dance Dept.
(UMass, Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire)
*Congratulations to NWSA's cast of The Color Purple. Wow. I'm praying for you to make it to the Shakespeare Festival in Kentucky. Imagine a public, private, charter consortium including this school? ART for Cultural Competency.
Mr. Phillips,
I am very open to new ideas that do not involve - at all - race, diversity, income and location as any driving principle in your objectives.
If you can do that, I'd be very open to the discussion. Otherwise, you're doing nothing but the same thing that has been done for decades that has not worked.
Listening to area private school rhetoric about diversity makes me want to puke even more then listening to CMS' rhetoric on the subject.
Not attending. Was an exciting, promising idea, but has been poorly executed last year and this year. Organizers do not try very hard to identify and highlight actual innovators in Charlotte education. Same old, same old.
I am all for the arts. I do not believe it should be in public school or sports for that matter. This is a perfect example of where public / private consortium should be spent.
You can play that artistic violen with Niro while the entire city and empire burn down around you.
CU
As an educator with experience in both CMS as well as the local independent schools, I found last year's program very inspiring. There were stories I had heard about, but there were also stories I discovered for the first time. The purpose of these TEDxCharlotteEd talks is to inspire people who are willing to be the force behind change in our area. Why would the majority of you commenters take it upon yourselves to post negatively about a cause whose mission is to spark positivity in our schools? I, definitely, have my qualms about CMS as well as the independent schools because ALL schools are imperfect. However, not one of us has enough right or reason to put down the TEDx organization for trying to ignite our thinking. If you believe that you can offer much more innovative and engaging content, then I would suggest that you reach out and become a presenter or volunteer your time to approach such speakers. I AM VERY EXCITED TO ATTEND THE EVENT NEXT WEEK!
I am curious about TEDx attendance. I called to attend last year and was told I did not qualify. Having been a past PTSA President in an urban middle school and high school and volunteered in several offices in 3 other schools, I was curious if efforts I initiated in those schools were even recognized as a best practice now.
Anyway, my work schedule next Thursday would prevent me form attending. I have found it interesting to approach folks who speak out in some of these public forums to find out what they really know and what they really mean and I have been mostly disappointed when the rubber meets the road.
Maybe i can tune into the recordings.
I am glad that you are "excited"
Reminds me of the saying that everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
While I'm letting my FLAKE FLAG FLY!
I tend to be skeptical of self-proclaimed "creative thinkers". Forced busing and "new" math were creative. So, by all means, do define.
And who decides what "spirit of ideas" are worth spreading?
Alicia
@8:17... You make no sense.
Not saying I do but...
What if I want to embrace and spread the idea of reinstating corporal punishment in public schools vs. spending 30 million on added security? What if I want to embrace the idea of allowing teachers to arm themselves with loaded guns? Seriously?
Or, is the Courageous Conversation going to be mostly about unicorns and school reform butterflies?
Alicia
7:55
I hate to be Debbie Downer but the word "innovative" in the same paragraph with the acronym CMS tends to send chills down my spine. Pay-for-performance is "innovative". ProjectLIFT is "innovative". On a national level, The No Child Left Behind Act was "innovative" too.
Now, I am intrigued with Dr. Morrison's "vision" of world peace and cooperation among Charlotte's many educational institutions.
Alicia
My "creative thinking" cut and paste for the day.
THE SCOOBY DOO THEORY:
The 5-College Consortium in western Massachusetts can be represented by the members of the Scooby Doo gang. UMass is Scooby. Hampshire is Shaggy. Amherst is Fred, Smith is Velma. Mount Holyoke is Daphne.
Alicia
And the Blue Ribbon Creative Thinking and Innovation Award goes to.....
THE 2005 CMS CHOICE PLAN!
Alicia
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