The tyranny of the curriculum: Shawn Cornally at TEDxEastsidePrep

Shawn Cornally teaches and learns in eastern Iowa where he is primarily concerned with conducting action research in different models of the secondary schooling experience with specific concern towards producing generative and joyful students. He is currently conducting several experiments in this area including: running a school without walls, developing a software suite dedicated to assessment-for-learning, and managing a local media company's efforts to catalyze educational transformation. Shawn has also written for GOOD magazine and Edutopia.org, while blogging his success and failures at ThinkThankThunk.

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