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Colearning, An Introduction (Part Two)

Dave Inman
Colearning.Lab

So we’re calling it “colearning,” like a coworking space, but for kids at school. It’s just one section of one class for one year--47 minutes a day, 5 days a week--with the same required standardized testing at the end. It’s a small bet and a small step. But I can’t help but wonder if it might change the way these kids think about learning. What if it changes their whole approach to school?  What if it works?

School starts tomorrow. We’re about to find out.

Colearning, An Introduction (Part One)

Dave Inman
Colearning.Lab

I wanted a coworking space for kids. And I taught the perfect class in which to make it happen. But it would have to happen without any changes in policy--not in Virginia’s laws, nor the district’s or the school’s policies. It would have to exist within all the original parameters: a class, for credit, with high-stakes testing attached, and a student population more or less reflective of the diversity in the building.