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The GroundShift ChronicleThe official web-blog of GroundShift.org Sustainability and ScalabilityThe challenges of sustainability and scalability emerged as central themes at the Future of Diversity conference last December. How do we move examples of successful innovation from the margins to the center of institutional practice? How do we “scale up” without losing the adaptability and commitment that accounts for the success of local experiments? Building Bridges Through A CappellaAfter eight weeks of practice, followed by an impressive performance in front of their entire school, a group of middle school kids believed they could fly. Most in the group had never sung publicly before, yet they energized a room full of students and teachers with the school’s first-ever a cappella concert at Elm City College Prep Middle. The 5 R’s of the Architecture of InclusionDuring the 2008 Future Diversity Conference, Susan Sturm provided an overarching framework for developing the architecture of inclusion through the rubric of the 5 Rs. Seminar BlogFrom the Diversity & Innovation Seminar Rethinking merit over lunch...A few issues that come up in one of the many discussions about rethinking merit over lunch on Thursday. Document Actions |
