Indi-ED is different, good different. As I’m happily tearing apart our plans and redesigning our next set of units for my students, another way that we’re “good different” is glaring me in the face. We can always PIVOT as necessary […]
As I was writing our blog post last week, I realized that the issues that we were discussing linked to an idea that was simply articulated a few months prior, but was now actually happening. This week I see a […]
Teachers will tell you that there’s a point in the year when it just starts clicking. For today, we’ll call this moment, you guessed it – the turn. When the kids understand and respect your boundaries and expectations. When the […]
With Hurricane Matthew and a professional development day, we only had 3 days this past week to introduce some new ideas but I think you’ll see a trend. After our first showcase evening, we marked the beginning of a new […]
Hi, my name is Leila Moayedi and I am 12 years old. I’m a 6th grade student at Indi-ED and I love my school! I like the independence we have at Indi-ED. I have improved by feeling more mature and […]
This past week was another of epic proportions. (I don’t prefer that word as of late but for this, it is all too accurate.) I feel compelled to share all of the details because on multiple occasions I’ve heard comments […]
I have stayed at “work” until after 5:00pm more than 50% of the 15 days that we’ve had so far this year-by choice. I “worked” through the summer. I “work” evenings. I “work” weekends. Here is why I am not […]
Today Marks the 1 Year Anniversary of the day that I gave my TEDx talk. A HUGE day in my life for many reasons. The one that pertains to this blog is that up until that point, I had not […]
I truly think I could write a blog at the end of each day about the ideas and reflections that come from our time together at Indi-ED. So please bear with me as I’m still learning how to dwindle down […]
It’s only been 4 days with our students and when I’m asked how it’s going the only thing I can say that even comes remotely close is MAGICAL. From the very first day our kids articulated excitement. Yes, kids, themselves-on […]