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We look forward to connecting with you there!~
Mission
- The mission of Opal School is to strengthen education by provoking fresh ideas concerning environments where creativity, imagination and the wonder of learning thrive.
Professional Development Opportunities
Reading List
- La Casa Amarilla: Video Institucional
- Science is for everyone, kids included (TED)
- How to Bring "More Beautiful" Questions Back to School (Mind/Shift)
- The Power of Thinking Like a Preschooler (The Atlantic)
- Youth Makerspace Playbook & Highlights of Select Literature (MakerEd)
- Teaching While White (Teaching Tolerance)
- bell hooks: Buddhism, the Beats, and Loving Blackness (New York Times)
- How to Cultivate The Art of Serendipity (New York Times)
- Cultures of Creativity: LEGO Foundation Report
- I see something. What do you see? - 40 short films on everyday learning in early childhood
- Joy: A Subject Schools Lack (The Atlantic)
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