Learning by Heart

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

KEEPING SCHOOL

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I just finished reading Keeping School written by Deb Meier, Nancy Faust Sizer, and the late, great Ted Sizer. Although the book is nearly ...
Sunday, October 02, 2011

DOCUMENTARIES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING: "AMERICAN TEACHER" AND "WAITING FOR SUPERMAN"

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I have not seen "Waiting for Superman" or the newly released Dave Eggers and Matt Damon film called "American Teacher: A Docu...
Monday, September 19, 2011

The Pacific garbage patch comes home | Marketplace From American Public Media

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I'm not sure if you heard this story the other week on American Public Media's show called "Marketplace." I'm a prett...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Strivers, All--Teaching School from K-12

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I’ve done quite a bit of thinking about educational reform over the years. Although I am a product of public schools and have been a princi...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

EDUCATION: FRONT AND CENTER FOR 2010

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If you thought that LEARNING BY HEART took a holiday over the last 12 months, you would be correct. Future blog posts on this site will con...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Lifelong Learning: Financial Matters

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Can you speak mortgage-backed securities? I've been stretching myself over the last year and a half, learning all that I can about the e...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

What We Learned from the Somali Pirates?

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Absolutely nothing...
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Brian W. Thomas
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States
Brian Thomas is the Head of Bentley School’s Lafayette Campus and head of the upper school. In 2008, he finished up a two year stint as Director at Presidio Hill School. He was formerly the high school developer and principal at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, beginning his professional career as an actor in New Haven, Connecticut after graduating from Yale in 1984. Brian also received a Master’s Degree in Education from Portland State University in 2003. As an actor, Mr. Thomas received an Emmy Award in 1988 for the drama Fastbreak to Glory. Brian is married to Jaime Thomas and they have two children, Eian and Olivia.
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