Lori Polachek's Blog (4)

Facts About Packaging

This poem is a tribute to Sir Ken Robinson's, The Element- and its essential insights about the importance of nurturing students passions-

Lines                                                                                                            By Lori Polachek

Cutting one’s own offspring’s

umbilical cord is a challenge,

even for someone as powerful

as the…

We are in a challenging transition period. It is becoming increasingly clear that the industrial educational model is ill-equipped to develop the skills and competencies our students will need, and it is insufficient to engage our digital learners.

And yet, we are struggling to find the formula or model that will move our education from where it is to where it needs to be. Many of us are not sufficiently literate in technology to fully appreciate the full…

From inside ADHD…      

Before it had a name                                                             by Lori Polachek

To my teacher(s),

You had both hands on the wheel

Your eyes were out to sea

The throttle ably set

at a rather dizzying speed

I was out there in the water

fingers waving frantically

kids…