As usual, Workspace Education is brimming with energy, part of which emanates from the myriad events being held here. This weekend, Workspace is proud to be the host of the Destination Imagination Connecticut State Team Challenge. I know, that’s a mouthful, and needs some explanation. Before we get Read More
We shared an amazing day here at Workspace this Friday. We had a ribbon-cutting Grand Opening event for our brand new Kitchen, which is the core of both our new Culinary Learning Lab and also our Farm-to-Table program which will feature produce from our organic gardening coursework. The Read More
This week, Workspace was proud to hold a very exciting event. On Monday and Tuesday, we hosted a workshop of educational innovators who are planning to open a colearning community or microschool. As we continue to grow our colearning community here in Bethel CT, we want to help other Read More
For the third episode of the Workspace Edteam podcast, Jenai and I dove into the topic of mindfulness and education. We are both promoters of mindfulness and meditation, so it’s no surprise that we found a lot of common ground on this topic. We get into some of the brain science behind why Read More
Co-working has had an enormous impact in the management and real estate worlds, as we’ve discussed before. These co-working spaces promote interdependent thinking through a “rich relationship” environment. The academic equivalent is what we call “Co-learning,” which may come to have as large an Read More
This week’s podcast focuses on our goals for having families think about their learners’ needs for next year, and how filling out the Learner Needs Form will help everyone here. We also go into more detail about Gardner’s Multiple intelligences, the Learning Genome Project cards, and we introduce a Read More
Workspace Podcast Episode 1: Getting to know your learner. by Tom Curley Jenai and I are really excited to kick off our Workspace Podcast series with a brief conversation about getting to know your learner. We wanted to offer some perspectives on why and how we are structuring Read More
by Vincent Giandurco Anyone that’s visited Workspace knows we have created a new educational world, a model that is the future of education. Workspacians are always ideating new ideas, so that no matter how technology or society changes, our model and vision are able to adjust. Read More
About Assessment at Workspace. by Tom Curley Director of Programming Many families involved in or considering alternatives to traditional schools, including homeschooling, have questions about grading, assessments, and transcripts, as these are critical in both evaluating their child’s Read More
Theater is one of those things that gets us REALLY excited here at Workspace. So there is a huge buzz right now as we get ready for the opening night of Shakespeare’s hilarious and brilliant “Much Ado About Nothing.” Our resident thespians, the Bicycle Shop Players, have been rehearsing and Read More