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It's Not a School; It's a Guild
The Guild at Loudoun Field Center is an opportunity to embrace learning as a function of family and community.
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IndED
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Butch Porter
January 2022
Christmas Party Remarks... That Weren't
In this day and age what we're really looking for is a family and even, at least in many ways, a TRIBE.
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Butch Porter
August 2021
The Next Thing: #optout
Yes, the system has failed us, so we need to unplug and create something new
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Butch Porter
July 2021
43. "Efficiency almost always wins...
... and we're often the worse for it. Jessica and Butch tackle the concept of efficiency, and how many things, especially the most important, are…
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Butch Porter
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Jessica Hausberger
Efficiency Always Wins Out
... and we're often worse off for it
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Butch Porter
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There is Another Way to do High School
We can help prepare our teens for adulthood, in a service-minded and challenging way
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Butch Porter
June 2021
41. "Fake it 'till you make it..."
Are we SURE that faking being nice is ... dishonest somehow?
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Butch Porter
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Jessica Hausberger
39. "Pursue morality first..."
Where does justice emerge from something as vague as "#metoo
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Butch Porter
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Jessica Hausberger
April 2021
[VIDEO-Subscribers Only] 34. "The Future of Education is NOT 'STEM'..."
Jessica and Butch discuss the future of education, and what it means to teach children WHO they are.
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Butch Porter
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Jessica Hausberger
34. "The Future of Education is NOT 'STEM'..."
Listen now (66 min) | Jessica and Butch discuss the implication of COVID-19 (and other things) for the future of education.
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Butch Porter
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Jessica Hausberger
March 2021
31. “Be prepared to serve your community...”
Video version of Rules of the Game- Season 2, Episode 9
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Butch Porter
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Jessica Hausberger
There Be Dragons! (2)
The ideas from fiction, even the most fantastical, are valuable because the ideas which animate them are real. (Part 2 of 2)
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Butch Porter
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