Geeky about Process

I admit to this much – I like thinking about process, and I have evidence – stacks of diagrams, outlines, flowcharts and whiteboard scratchings mapping a broad range of abstract notions about learning and organizations, – middle of the night outlines index finger tapped into Evernote or whichever app is…

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Resistance and Design Intervention

First – That’s design not divine, OK? We are talking about outcomes that have to be worked for not wished for… In a Wall Street Journal Irving Wladawsky-Berger discusses an idea pulled from a series of four articles in the September Harvard Business Review on the Evolution of Design Thinking.…

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15 years later…

MSSP launched fifteen years ago when we took on a grant funded challenge to address learning opportunities for urban students by developing local school models in partnership with eight school districts, each school designed for the learning needs of the community. Each model was intended to be unique, designed by…

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Context Sensitive School Design

Applying Context Sensitive Variables in Schools and School System Design A core element in using Context Sensitive Variables in design of schools and school systems is the intentional establishment of an instructional environment that is defined by the “context” variables that are key to achieving your intent. Context sensitive design…

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