Guerilla Educators Charter School Services
Guerilla Educators is one of the nation's premier consulting advisers to prospective Charter School groups and to existing Charters, as well. Our deep experience as Charter School Founder and...
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Iggy
To my former students and all those who knew Iggy, it is with great sorrow to announce that after 17 years of service in classrooms across the City of Philadelphia and beyond, on this morning, March...
View ArticleIggy; an Eerie Coincidence
As previously stated in a prior post, Iggy was released from his mortal coils in the early morning hours of March 17. Over the years, Iggy had been a fixture at 5 different schools, including in the...
View ArticleLittle Cayman Iguanas
This video, which was taken on an iPod (and how cool is that!), was shot for Tamara, a 3rd grader at MaST Community Charter School in Philadelphia. Miss Tamara was Iggy's last caretaker and became...
View ArticleReflections; the Electric Factory
The Electric Factory was a concert venue located on 22nd and Arch Sts. in Philadelphia. Audience capacity could have been about 2,000-3,000. Besides bench seating, concertgoers at this venue could...
View ArticleTeacher Reflections
This video captures 10 second comments from teachers who participated in one of Stephen Heppell's recent workshops in Australia. Without even knowing the context or the obviously inspiring time they...
View ArticleSaving Energy in DC Schools on CNN
This from friend and colleague, Emily Curley about the SEDS energy conservation program in DC airing soon on CNN...Hello, I wanted to share some great, positive press coming out of the DC Public...
View ArticleEarth Day at MaST Charter School
In this video, Teaching for Understanding Coordinator, Donna Sole, documents first grade creative recycling projects at MaST Community Charter School, in Philadelphia. Donna has begun to appreciate...
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Dr. Cornel West at Barack Obama Green Charter High School
Dr. Cornel West, the Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton University will be the Guest Speaker at a fundraiser for the Barack Obama Green Charter High School. Dr. West is one of America's most...
View ArticleThird Grade Kentucky Derby at MaST Charter School
Teaching for Understanding Coordinator, Donna Sole, recorded and uploaded a great project conducted by Teacher Sandy Brown's 3rd grade students at MaST Community Charter School. Using a realtime...
View ArticleTeacher Appreciations
During Charter School Week, dozens of k-6 students from MaST Community Charter School in Philadelphia stepped up to the camera to offer appreciations for their teachers. Pay attention to what these...
View ArticleBarack Obama Green Charter High School Fund Raiser
On May 20, 2010, Dr. Cornel West and Parliament-Funkadelic's, Mr. George Clinton were honored guests at the sold out fund raiser for the Barack Obama Green Charter High School, scheduled to open with...
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Friendship Tech Prep SEDS Award
On Thursday, May 27, 2010 the Alliance to Save Energy's, Saving Energy in DC Schools (SEDS) held their reporting out/celebration for the '09-'10 school year. First year school, Friendship Tech Prep...
View ArticleSV Synthesis
Ran across this blog, SV Synthesis recently, about all things related to analog synthesizers. According to the blogger, This Blog is a running journal of all things analog synth related. Namely it is...
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Saving Energy in DC Schools End of Year Celebration
Merrilee Harrigan Emily Curley On May 27, 2010, the Alliance to Save Energy's, Saving Energy in DC Schools (SEDS) program held their End of Year Celebration. This year, 18 schools...
View ArticleCurve Fitting Quadratic Equations
Jason Pfiel, a math teacher at Math, Science, and Technology (MaST) Community Charter School encourages his students to learn "by any means necessary". A group of Mr. Pfiel's students have taken the...
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Michelle Obama at Anacostia High School Commencement
In 1939, the great Marian Anderson was to be scheduled to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Provisions in the DAR's charter at that time...
View ArticleThe Teachable Moment
Today we add another Hallmark of Effective Teaching and Learning to our list of (now) 12: THE TEACHABLE MOMENT - Agile educators who nimbly take advantage of those "off the curriculum grid" spontaneous...
View ArticleThe 12 Hallmarks of Effective Teaching and Learning
Sound, effective educational best practices share certain characteristics regardless of the educator's pedagogical approach to teaching and learning. To this end, we have identified twelve of these...
View ArticleProject Based Learning Quick Start Guide
Based on the many Project Based Service Learning Professional Developments Guerilla Educators conducts, it has been apparent for some time that educators need a "Quick Start" reference guide about how...
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