Frank Kelly – författare

These poems were culled from my writings of the past thirty years. Sorting through them, I noticed that many were about my childhood; I decided this would be the theme for a book. Getting Above Myself was my first title: it meant three things to me: a childhood notion of the greatest crime one could commit, an ironic take on that idea and finally, the perspective needed for me to see clearly the events I was writing about. This seemed too complicated to convey in just a title. Next I thought of Growing Up plain, straightforward, but also imprecise. I am neither social worker nor psychologist. What I have to share is my personal experience. So, Growing Up Me. The thirty-eight poems in this book cover a period from my birth through high school. They are arranged chronologically by subject and cover such topics as education, family dynamics, the church, and my growing awareness that I was gay.

With foreword by Jason Ohler

Despite technological advancements, most secondary schools still function on ideas that are more than 100 years old. Learning Without Classrooms outlines new guidelines for how schools must operate to remain relevant and effective as we move further into the 21st century. Making a persuasive argument for moving beyond the long-established idea of operating schools with traditional classroom instruction to a personalized learning environment for individual students, the authors detail six crucial elements of school management (community, instruction, time, technology, school facilities, and funding) and how to address them concurrently to improve secondary school learning environments.

Transform secondary schools systemwide, from restructuring the physical learning environment to supporting personalized learning:

Contents:Introduction

Part 1: Understanding 21st Century LearningChapter 1: The Classroom Has Run Its CourseChapter 2: Key Principles for Modern SchoolingChapter 3: Nine Essential Skills for the Modern WorldChapter 4: How Technology Will Change Education

Part 2: Designing 21st Century SchoolsChapter 5: Schooling for the FutureChapter 6: How to Make It HappenChapter 7: Concepts for New Advisory-Based Schools

Part 3: Reimagining Seven Schools for the 21st CenturyChapter 8: Additional Considerations for Transitioning to an Advisory FormatChapter 9: The Capital SchoolChapter 10: The Green SchoolChapter 11: The Connected SchoolChapter 12: The Open SchoolChapter 13: The District School Chapter 14: The Tech SchoolChapter 15: The Academy School