School Design

Belonging brings out the best in everyone. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, community organizer, or leader of any sort, your group is unlikely to thrive if the individuals don’t feel welcomed, included, and valued for who they are. The good news is that you can use design to create feelings of inclusion in your organization: rituals that bring people together, spaces that promote calm, roles that create a sense of responsibility, systems that make people feel respected, and more.

Use Design to Design Change is a guide for creating brands that go beyond selling products to inspire, connect, and make a lasting impact. Written by designer and brand strategist James Hurst, this second edition explores how purpose-driven brands can balance people, planet, and profit to build a legacy of significance. Organized into three sections—Launch, Scale, and Adapt—the book provides practical tools, actionable insights, and thought-provoking exercises to help you create a brand that resonates deeply with your audience while contributing positively to the world.

Discover how Frank Lloyd Wright revolutionized architecture with his groundbreaking concepts, including open floor plans and organic architecture that harmonizes buildings with their natural surroundings. 2. Prairie School Movement You'll learn about Wright's Prairie School architectural style, characterized by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs, and integration with the landscape, which defined American residential architecture. 3. Use of Natural Materials The book will show you Wright's preference for natural materials like wood, stone, and glass, emphasizing his belief in creating ...

Have you labeled yourself successful or unsuccessful? Why or why not? What metric do you use to qualify or disqualify your success? What is it that women really want from a successful life? And why are so many women trapped in a life they don’t want, feeling the need to prove themselves, causing mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion? Why do we allow women to continue to give from an empty cup? The answers to these questions are in this book. Make no mistake, there is a war against our worth that is pinning women against each other. It is time for us to get to the root of ...

Extraordinary Learning for All delivers a hopeful, humane, realistic, and compelling portrait for how we must reinvent schooling for a new century, drawing on the voices and experiences of real school communities who are on that journey and illuminating the specific actions that school and system leaders can take to spark these journeys in their communities.

Discover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspiration to challenge the status quo and create the kind of lasting change that leads to greater equity and social justice, from Stanford University's d.school.

One of the most critical issues prevalent in America’s educational system is the high school dropout rate (Barton, 2005). The problem of school dropouts is widespread among most of the nation’s school districts (Christenson & Thurlow, 2004). Over 50 years ago, Conant (1961) wrote that America was allowing “social dynamite” to accumulate in its most populated areas of the nation. In these areas of our nation, the dropout rates are alarming and are partially the result of several predictor variables! DROPPED was designed to research the relationship between these dropout variables and...

A powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising ways we can change course to create a more positive future, by two celebrated experts working at the intersection of design, technology, and learning at Stanford University’s acclaimed d.school.

Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists.

Many companies across the world innovate new products and services by using design thinking methodology. Design thinking is the most preferred approach for those organizations who want to create the next breakthrough product or service. Human centered design and a specific focus on deeply understanding customer needs enables design thinking methodology to create remarkable products or services. However, design thinking need not be restricted primarily to the domain of corporate innovation. Instead, we can also consider design thinking as a possible technique for setting and achieving ...

They tricked you but you’re not trapped. We all got tricked into mundane lives. Sold a story and told to chase the ‘dream.’ The problem? There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if you follow the main conventional narrative. So why don’t people change? Obligations and reputations. They end up chained, strained, and drained of their life force. Sad but true. Most people are miserable in one central aspect of their lives.

Transform your classroom with AI-powered strategies in just weeks—even if you’ve never used an edtech tool before. Are you overwhelmed by the constant wave of new AI tools and trends, wishing for a clear, step-by-step guide that actually makes sense for your classroom? Have you tried workshops or generic lesson plans, only to find they don’t fit your students’ needs or your subject area? Are you worried about student privacy, equity, or simply feeling left behind by rapid changes in education technology? If so, you’re not alone. Most educators feel the same uncertainty, but there ...

Nicholas Fox Weber, in this deft, entertaining, and brilliant rumination on art and technology, writes of the iPhone as the essence of the Bauhaus principles of form following function - of honesty of design and materials that reflect the true nature of objects and buildings, favoring linear and geometrical forms; adhering to line, shape, and colors; synthesizing art to modern times; the fusion in design of art and technology.

Traveling the world from the comfort of your home is something that many people dream about but seldom do. Converting a vehicle into your home allows you to do this and so much more. Creating a vehicle into a tiny home allows you to live more minimally, freely, and inexpensively. This audiobook teaches you step by step on how to convert any vehicle into a tiny home and the best tips to know along the way. Converting a vehicle into a tiny home can be timely and difficult.

Unlocking the Success Code of Young AchieversHow do we unleash the potential of children from an early age and accelerate their progress in life? In this latest addition to her Design to Win Road Map series, author and career coach, C. Ruth Taylor, unlocks the success code of young achievers from the Caribbean and other parts of the world, and provides a road map for teens and pre-teens to thrive as young adults from early. Taylor capitalizes on her training and experience in education for over 20 years to address topics not often taught in school, but are essential for children to thrive ...

Perfeita para os fãs de Bridgerton, esta série é protagonizada por três jovens que decidem usar os conhecimentos de moda, comida e música para criar a própria empresa de eventos. E se elas e os clientes acabarem descobrindo o amor enquanto fazem negócios, melhor ainda.

No terceiro audiolivro da série Escola de Debutantes, as três jovens que organizam os melhores bailes de Londres estão de volta com seus incríveis conhecimentos de moda, gastronomia e decoração – mas ainda têm muito a aprender sobre o amor. Porém, quando o ex-noivo de Verity tenta arruinar a reputação dela e Rafe pede sua mão em casamento, ela não tem escolha senão aceitar, pelo bem da família e dos negócios. Mas para esse pequeno acordo se tornar um casamento de verdade, eles terão que ousar entregar a alma um ao outro – e nenhum dos dois está disposto a fazer isso.

Ao se tornar sócia da empresa de eventos Ocasiões Especiais com as duas irmãs, a jovem viúva Eliza Pierce experimenta uma segurança financeira e uma liberdade com as quais nunca se atreveu a sonhar. A vida parece ter entrado nos eixos e se tornado previsível e prazerosa. Até que Nathaniel Stanton, o conde de Foxstead, melhor amigo de seu falecido marido, decide contratar as três para ajudar outra jovem viúva a ser aceita pela sociedade. Logo o que começa como um simples trabalho acaba com a paz de Eliza, porque a proximidade dela com o conde acende uma chama impossível de apagar.

Objectively, one could argue that the government schools are fine. If you ignore the schools' complete inability to educate children, they are doing fine indeed. This book exposes the lies you've been told from cradle to grave about the worst educational system on the planet. You also learn the only reasonable option available to all parents who love their children. YES, the answer is here. For any and all parents, single or married. And the answer to protect your children is simple and virtually free.