How to think like and become an entrepreneur
I just finished Tina Seelig’s book “What I wish I knew when I was 20” and wanted to share excerpts that particularly resonated with ...
Read MoreCharter vs. Non-Charter schools
In the past three years we have worked in 24 non-charter and 8 charter schools. This is roughly representative of the percentage of charter schools in...
Read MoreResults from Iridescent’s Parent Needs Surveys
Robyn Hightower helped develop, conduct and analyze two parent surveys (in Fall 2008 and 2009) that would help inform our decisions on how to develop ...
Read MoreHow to get hired? INITIATIVE
Lately I have been reviewing a lot of resumes (both for volunteer and paid positions at Iridescent), going to career fairs and interviewing candidates...
Read MoreHow to build a working model of a heart using tupperware?
We are playing with a new tool (called Knoodle) that enables you to synchronize powerpoint presentations with a video. I think this is a very powerful...
Read MoreCommunity Within the Community
For the past three years Iridescent has provided hands-on science courses at ~ 30 schools in the downtown Los Angeles area. However, in order to provi...
Read MoreWhat 106 Los Angeles teachers think and believe
Robyn Hightower developed and conducted a teacher survey for the teachers in 8 of our partner schools (N= 106). Here are some of the interesting corre...
Read MoreWhat is the difference between an engineer and a teacher?
I have been reading a really interesting book on engineering called, “To engineer is human: the role of failure in successful design“. One...
Read MoreHow do you teach persistence?
We recently had a chance to do something pretty unusual – have the students work with kits (we usually have the students build/design their mode...
Read MoreWisdom from Luke Sullivan – applied to life, grant writing, presentations and running an organization.
I read Luke Sullivan’s book Hey Whipple, Squeeze This and was amazed at how universally relevant his advice was. Here are some excerpts from the...
Read MoreAttention to detail. The Europeans sure do it right!
Maybe the Japanese do it right too, but I haven’t been to Japan. We recently came back from a little vacation in Germany and Italy and the first...
Read MoreWe all need approval and validation
I have developed a pretty thick skin (or so I like to think), but am still vulnerable when people appreciate our work 🙂We recently interviewed a pa...
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