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Jun 8, 2022
Learning from Uvalde: From Lockdown to Run, Hide, Fight
It is apparent to anyone who knows anything about schools and the role of educators, that arming and "training" teachers is not the answer.
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arniebieber
May 13, 2021
Schools rising like a phoenix?
Reprinted from Pioneering Schools 2020 ISP Graduation In his 13-year tenure as Director of the International School of Prague, Dr. Arnie...
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arniebieber
Apr 15, 2021
Learners Creating Change
Led by its passionate and charismatic founder, Allaedin Janid, Happy Caravan supports the learning of hundreds of children from war torn...
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arniebieber
Feb 28, 2021
There is Always Light: Young People Making a Difference
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman speaks at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden on the West Front...
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arniebieber
Aug 18, 2020
Labyrinth and Paper Planes: ISP’s new Learning Innovation hub
The new school year is always a special time, ever filled with anticipation and excitement. And so, like many schools around the world,...
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arniebieber
Mar 23, 2020
Virtual Hugs
As we all contend with the new normal in the age of Coronavirus, the International School of Prague, like many schools around the world...
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arniebieber
Aug 20, 2019
Empowered Students, Empowered Teachers
ISP Senior “skip day” protest Earth club students lobby the school administration to remove all non-reusable bottles from the cafeteria....
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arniebieber
Jun 1, 2018
Learners at the Centre: Opt-in Gradeless Prototype at the International School of Prague
A major challenge for many schools and a well researched obstacle to learning is grading. A number of years ago we at the International...
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arniebieber
Jan 26, 2018
Stretch Day @ the International School of Prague
One way we encourage deeper, experiential and authentic learning at ISP is through Stretch Days, where students have the opportunity...
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arniebieber
Mar 28, 2017
A Surprising Tranquility – My Day at PreKindergarten
One of the best ways for adults to really understand how a student experiences life and learning in school is by spending a full day...
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arniebieber
Aug 18, 2016
You can’t teach people everything they need to know.
As the school year begins, it is fitting and timely to call attention to an educational visionary and provocative thinker who...
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arniebieber
Apr 29, 2016
The Nature of Nurture
I was recently invited to write an article for the RSA Journal on the topic of school change, innovation and creativity. The resulting...
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arniebieber
May 28, 2015
Guiding Light Lost – Grant Wiggins
Grant Wiggins I was saddened to learn that a great leading light in the world of progressive education had passed away, Grant Wiggins....
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arniebieber
Mar 6, 2015
To boldly go…
Leonard Nimoy as Spock The great Leonard Nimoy, known to most as the logical Vulcan, Mr. Spock, sadly passed away recently at the age of...
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arniebieber
Dec 3, 2014
I do and I understand
Lau Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher is to have said: “I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.” The concept...
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arniebieber
Sep 24, 2014
Mind the Gap!
What are the latest trends in the world of education? Throughout the school year at the International School of Prague, a parent focus...
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arniebieber
Aug 13, 2014
What will your verse be?
Yesterday morning, I had just woken up and was listening to the radio as I was getting ready to start the day, when I heard the bad news....
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arniebieber
Feb 14, 2014
The Future Is Now
In schools these days, we often talk about preparing students for the future. That the future is now, was reconfirmed for me once again,...
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arniebieber
Jan 26, 2014
The Power of Mindset
Stanford University psychologist Dr Carol Dweck presents in her groundbreaking book Mindset, years of research about how people achieve...
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arniebieber
Nov 22, 2013
What science knows and what school does
Motivation research has not only analyzed the behavior of adults, but of school age and university students as well, with identical...
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