Education Reimagined

IRA DAVID SOCOL, formerly the award-winning chief technology and innovation officer for the Albemarle CountyPublic Schools in Virginia, is the senior provocateur and learning environment specialist with Socol Moran Partners.CHERYL WALCHACK HARRIS is with the Albemarle County School Division in Charlottesville, VA.She earned her masters of education from the University of Virginia in administration, supervision, and curriculum.J. MICHAEL THORNTON II is an educator with a bachelor of arts in history, a master of arts in teaching,and a masters of education. He has been an administrator and teacher in Albemarle County, VA, and is currentlyan administrator in Sioux Falls, SD.

• PrefaceChapter 1: A Risk Worth TakingChapter 2: Getting StartedChapter 3: Creating a Learning SpaceChapter 4: Teacher AutonomyChapter 5: Growth MindsetChapter 6: Creating a VisionChapter 7: Sharing a Vision so that is Becomes a Shared VisionChapter 8: Changing a Learning SpaceChapter 9: Financial AwarenessChapter 10: Administrator AutonomyChapter 11: Decision Making: Choice and ComfortChapter 12: The Learning Space and Student Autonomy in the ClassroomChapter 13: Different Vision of Risk: Differentiation and Individualism in the ClassroomChapter 14: Elementary School Learning SpacesChapter 15: Middle School Learning SpacesChapter 16: High School Learning SpacesAbout the Authors

After a long span of test-centered schools and classrooms, many educators are mapping routes to student-focused environments that are livelier and more enlivening. This book provides readers an opportunity to hear the voices of colleagues who are committed to such classrooms and who understand what it means to make students their partners in teaching and learning.