Event Description
Creating a Culture of Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness in the Classroom
Educators today face a stiff challenge of preparing students for a future that is constantly changing. In this "TED Talk" style event, education trailblazer, Esther "Woj" Wojcicki, will share her vision and success with her "Moonshot Classroom" model that gives students more autonomy and agency in the classroom and entrusts them with a greater ownership of their learning outcomes.
About Woj
Esther Wojcicki first went one-on-one with Macintosh computers in 1985 through a grant from the State of California. Now, her journalism program at Palo Alto High School is regarded as the best in the United States and has more than 600 students. Many former students from her program have gone on to have an outsized impact on the world including Gady Epstein of the Economist, Noah Sneider of the New York Times, and Tod Scacerdoti of Yahoo, to name a few.
Panel discussion to follow with Science Leadership Academy Schools CEO, Chris Lehmann, and Philadelphia Public School teachers and students.
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