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Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities

Warner

2020

Why we need to restore purpose to writing (and all curriculum) by removing antiquated “structure."

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Thomas is a former high school English teacher, writer, and amateur gardener. He lives with his wife, his son, and two Australian Shepherd dogs. He writes about culture, policy, and school.
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During his career, Paul has taught everything from kindergarten to college. Along the way, he used design thinking to transform his classroom into a more inquisitive and creative space.

Designing Possibility in Schools

September 22, 2022

The default culture within most schools today is more transactional than transformational and dehumanizing in that students and teachers do not have the space where they can be successful without sacrificing some part of their identities.
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I think a lot of communities have a problem of too much competition, I guess. That they can't... when it gets to a point that they can't be happy for other people's accomplishments and that the only thing they can do is want to be better than the other person or the rest of them.

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