> a box with movable parts (chairs, desks, manipulatives, technology, etc.)
Rather than have the parts move around inside a fixed box, perhaps we should put the classroom within a big bus or railroad car. That way the inside parts stay the same and the outside moves as the bus/train travels around seeing different scenery, different cities, different regions.
I am reminded of the sea captain's family who joined him on voyages. Mom taught class on the deck, and every day there was a different outside world, traveling from port to port, country to country, hearing different languages and seeing different peoples.
These kids (like many other children of American expatriates) became Third Culture Kids (TCK/3CK) with substantial multi-dimensional advantages over stay-at-home kids.
We might think about creating schools in a bus or a train or a ship -- and thereby move the outside box instead of the inside parts.
=== Bill
William New
Trustee
Putney School
Putney, VT 05346
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