Building School 2.0

CHRIS LEHMANN is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. Chris was named Outstanding Leader of the Year by the International Society of Technology in Education in 2013 and in 2014 was awarded the prestigious “Rising Star” McGraw Prize in Education. Chris is also the author of the education blog Practical Theory:www.practicaltheory.org.ZAC CHASE is a former teacher, an instructional technology coordinator, a consultant, and a writer who blogs at www.autodizactic.com. An original Freedom Writer Teacher, he has contributed to ­several books including the bestselling Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Freedom Writers Diary Teacher’s Guide.

• About the Authors viii About Science Leadership Academy xiAcknowledgments xiiForeword xiv1 School Should Mirror the World asWe Believe It Could Be 12 We Must End Educational Colonialism 33 Citizenship Is More Important Than the Workforce 64 Build Modern Schools 95 Be One School 116 Vision Must Live in Practice 137 We Must Blend Theory and Practice 168 Everything Matters 199 “What’s Good?” Is Better Than “What’s New?” 2210 Reflection Means Better, Not More 2411 Consider the Worst Consequence of Your Best Idea 2712 Disrupt Disruption 3013 Humility Matters 3314 Build Consensus 3615 Teach Kids Before Subjects 4016 WhatWe Should Ask of Teachers 4217 Schools Are Where We Come Together 4518 WhatWe Want for Students, We Must Want for Teachers 4819 Embrace Your Best Teacher-Self 5220 We Must Be Our Whole Selves 5421 Technology Should Transform School, Not Supplant It 5722 Build Your Own Faculty Lounge 6023 Don’t Admire the Problem 6524 Not “Yeah, but—”; Instead, “Yes, and . . .” 6825 Ignore the Seat Back 7126 Find Meaning Every Day 7427 Take What You Do Seriously, but Don’t Take Yourself Seriously 7628 Don’t Fall for Authoritarian Language 7929 Don’t Be Authoritarian—Have Authority 8130 Be Silly 8431 Be in the Room 8832 Don’t Get Ego-Invested 9133 Plant Perennials 9434 Cocreate Community 9835 Say More, Talk Less 10136 Be Deliberately Anti-Racist 10337 Practice Inclusive Language 10638 Honor Multiple Needs 10939 Listen to Understand 11340 Learning Must Be Nonnegotiable 11641 Ask Why the Kids Are in the Room 11842 Why DoWe Need to Know This? 12043 Deconstruct Passion 12244 Inquiring Minds Really DoWant to Know 12545 Ask What They Are Curious About 12846 Understand What Project-Based Learning Really Means 13147 We Need to Change theWay We Teach Math 13348 Instill a Love of Learning 13649 Stop Deficit-Model Thinking 13950 Start Surplus-Model Thinking 14251 Assign Meaningful Projects 14552 School Must Be Real Life 14853 Engage the Entrepreneurial Spirit 15254 Classes Should Be Lenses, Not Silos 15455 Create Complexity, Not Complications 15756 Find Something Interesting and Ask Questions 15957 Story Matters 16258 Success Is the Best Weapon 16559 Preschool Is a Great Model 16860 Every Kid Needs a Mentor 17161 Inquiry Is Care 17462 Schools Are Full of People 17563 Care For and About 17864 Assume Positive Intent 18265 Have an Excess of Good Will 18566 No Child Should Be On Silent 18767 Audience Must Be Curated 19068 Make Better Use of the Built-In Audience 19469 Parent Conferences Should Be Student Conferences 19770 Communication Is Key 20071 There Are No Sick or Snow Days 20472 Get Rid of the Pencil Lab 20873 Technology Must Be Ubiquitous 21074 Technology Must Be Necessary 21275 Technology Must Be Invisible 21576 Class Blogs Should Be Open Spaces 21877 Make Personalization Authentic 22178 Ask Better Questions 22479 Cocurate Your School 22680 Organize 22881 Teach Thoughtfulness 23082 TeachWisdom 23383 Teach Passion 23584 Teach Kindness 23985 Make Advisory Work 24286 Teachers Should Be Readers and Learners 24587 Change at School Zone Pace 24788 Create Space for Collaboration 25089 Work Together to Make Us All Better 25290 Get Together 25691 We Must Practice a New Kind of Research 25992 Experts Are Necessary 26293 Success Must Be Defined by All 26594 We Don’t Need Martyrs 26895 Teachers Are Lucky 272Notes 275Works Cited 281Index 283