Two years ago, we put the essential question in Dave Burgess' Teach Like A PIRATE to the test: if kids didn't have to be there, would you be teaching to an empty room? On May 22, 2013, we gave 270 7th and 8th graders more freedom than they had ever had in their educational lives. We let them go wherever they wanted for an entire school day. Teach Like A PIRATE Day was born.
Since then, it has grown and spread. I have changed districts and brought it with me, other brave educators have tried it and have experienced similar success. If you create extraordinary experiences for your students you will see extraordinary results.
So for the next month, my blog posts will be dedicated to sharing the process. I have been contacted by so many educators who wanted to do this in their schools, but just have so many questions. I have emailed, Skyped, and talked to several people on the phone to help them through the process. It has been great to connect with so many people and to see this phenomenon spread.
Hopefully these posts will guide you to do this yourself. At the very least, it may be entertaining reading to see what a crazy school in Ohio is going to do on May 18th.
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