21st Century Collaborative

My daughter Grace (pictured above wearing the “optical Illusion” threadless) loves Threadless T-shirts. She always asks for them for Christmas. I recently got this email and thought I would share. Hi There, I wanted to let you know about a new program that is being hosted by Threadless which is a community-centered tee-shirt company based out of [...]

It has become apparent to me that I have raised a family with strong geek tendencies and I find it quite endearing. Don’t get me wrong, we are all cultured and our interests range from the arts to medicine but deep down we are way techno-geek and nerdy about our passions. Case in point- my [...]

The following is a repost from Jenny Luca one of our PLP Fellows from Australia. Bottom line- Get your students involved. Join the Working together Site, raise some money, and donate to help rebuild schools and help Australia’s students. (left hand column of the site has a PayPal button for donations. Yesterday I posted here [...]

In a family or community when some of us hurt- we all hurt. When some of us succeed we all celebrate. Many of those in  our community from Australia are hurting. We need to stand with them in this time of crisis. I got this letter today. I have stripped the identifiers to protect privacy. [...]

I had the opportunity recently to facilitate a group of business, education, political and community leaders in a discussion about developing a workforce ready group of graduates in the 21st Century. I was given the task of relaying the experience. I have decided to share with you to see if you agree or disagree with [...]

Received this today and believe in the work. Thought I would share with you. I am writing on behalf of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth, co-founder of 826 National Nínive Calegari, and writer Dave Eggers. They are the Director and Co-Producers of the feature-length documentary The Teacher Salary Project. We wanted to reach out to [...]

My oldest daughter Amber was interviewed recently. I was blown away by her response to this question. So what most inspires you? Community. Whether it is 50 kids at a hardcore show screaming along the lyrics to a local band’s song, a really encouraging comment thread on a messageboard, or an art opening that just [...]