Kaleidoscope
From the desk of Susie Fahrer
The Rainbow Seven Domains™
Director’s Welcome
Kaleidoscope – January 2016
January 2016 Kaleidoscope: The many colorful things happening at Rainbow, from the Executive Director, Renee Owen As I reflect back on 2015 I am struck by how much was accomplished at our little school. ...
Together, we learn.
Affirmative action isn't just about merit, defined by the same one size fits all empirical measures of the past. The purpose of education can no longer be about sifting out who deserves merit, and taming...
Empowering students with student-led conferences
Rainbow Community School has been doing student-led conferences since the early 80's. When students lead their own conference, they truly have to reflect on what they have learned, how they learned it,...
Personalized Learning Needs to Include Social Learning
A primer for Mark Zuckerberg on personalized learning — by Harvard’s Howard Gardner I love this letter from Howard Gardner to Zuckerberg. When I first read the announcement that 99% of Facebook stock...
Who Said This?
“The most vital attribute in the world you’re about to enter is not critical thinking or fluency in another language. It’s about whether you’re able to see the world through another’s eyes. The key...
Kaleidoscope: November 2015
November 2015 Kaleidoscope: The many colorful things happening at Rainbow, from the Executive Director November is here; it feels like life is being squeezed into shorter days....
Inmates or Classmates?
Senior Deputy Ben Fields is seen pulling a student from her chair at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., in these three images made from another student's video recording. AP Like anyone who saw...
What is an educational pioneer?
This brilliant, short, low-cost video explains in less that 7 minutes how we have to hospice old, failing systems (such as fossil fuels and our current public educational system), and pioneer news ones....
IMPORTANT if you think about the future of your elementary-age child
Middle school is arguably the most important years in a child’s educational experience. You owe it to yourself and your child to attend the Middle School Open House on October 26. (I recommend the 9:00...