Here in California, we are collectively overjoyed with the outlook for the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.  And the reason they are in it, apart from sheer talent, is something we all “know”, but, too often, take for granted – teamwork. "I think it's kind of a lesson in Baseball … [Read more...]

This comes to you from Matt Cole, Curriculum Coordinator  at mcole2@livoniacsd.org. What are our students saying about TRIBES? It’s always interesting, informative, and important to ask students their perspectives regarding any change we initiate in schools.  As many of us know, children … [Read more...]

CLICK HERE to visit the "Weekly Tribes" forum group and look for the new "Weekly Tribes 2010-2011 School Year" forum. There you will find two topic entries, for the first two weeks of school.  These suggestions are not found in your Tribes book, but they support many inclusion strategies you are … [Read more...]

Clayton M. Christensen's latest book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation will Change the way the World Learns, will give you validation that what we do with the Tribes TLC process is innovative and appropriate for learning in the 21st century...and it will challenge you to look at … [Read more...]

If you are looking for some pertinent information for writing one of those grants, there may be some useful information in the following essay: It’s complicated. Or is it? The research abounds, the skills and competencies are spelled out clearly, various “programs” persevere…and the … [Read more...]

In case you didn't get a chance to see the webcast, "A Discussion on Education Reform" with Arne Duncan, here are a few highlights and how they relate to what Tribes supports.  He talked about the importance of reducing the drop-out rate in high school; "dropping out of high school condemns one to … [Read more...]

We are pleased to announce that tribes.com has a new look and feature.  Notice our home page; you will see two important large “buttons”.  One is a quick and important link to our friends at CASEL, and the other is our new page called Teach Community; Learning Experiences for Tribes Educators. … [Read more...]

Synonyms for "mirror" - echo, emulate, signify, represent, reflect. It's that last one that should trigger a familiar response.  And the question becomes, "(What) have you reflected (upon) lately?" As a Tribes TLC educator, you know the value and significance of reflection on learning.  You … [Read more...]

Did you know that there are over 1200 active Tribes TLC trainers throughout the world, and conceivably more than 10,000 Tribes TLC-trained educators?  In some areas, the Tribes TLC-trained people comprise a critical mass (the Wikipedia sociodynamic version of the definition:  a threshold value of … [Read more...]