Yes, it has been quiet on this list. In Tom's message andmy response parallels are drawn between children learning school andteachers learning to plan school. I don't follow that very far. Of course, I am the center of it. I bust my buns and burn the oil finding it all.
Thebest things occur when the ideas emerge from the children.
So I work atthis and find that the emergence at first needs a push with guaranteed,adult-suggested, investigations. Get these two things going and synergybegins to drive the school. Parents become more involved. Teachers spendmore time on the telephone during school hours arranging future events andless time trying to keep kids busy. I look at Type 1 and Type 2 and pause to reflect.