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February 6th 2022
For too many years education has focused on rote learning, over-emphasizing memorization and high-stakes testing. Students have been treated as vessels to be filled with knowledge. A more modern approach stresses the development of skills. Still, too many students are being turned off to school and learning. At Longview school, there is a focus on empowering the students in K-12 education to make decisions in and take on responsibilities for the school community of which they are a part. In so doing, their education has been expanded outside of the classroom. Additionally, inside the classroom, the school has pioneered the use of authentic, inquiry-based, and project-oriented learning to engage students so that classes are fun and optimally skill-building at the same time.
Join guest speaker Mark Jacobs who will share Longview’s approach to education offering members an opportunity to try some of these cutting-edge approaches to learning for themselves.
Mark Jacobs is the co-founder, director and history teacher at the Longview School in Brewster, NY. For 21 years, he has been employing and adapting a model based on student-directed learning in a democratic school setting. The curriculum focuses on making learning authentic, inquiry-based, and hands-on.